The Black Tulip is a 2010 film directed by novice Afghan-born American filmmaker Sonia Nassery Cole and starring Haji Gul Aser, Sonia Nassery Cole, Walid Amini, Jack Scalia, and Edoardo Costa.

[1] The film depicts the fictional Mansouri family who start a restaurant in Kabul named The Poets' Corner, where artists and writers meet.

The Poets' Corner serves wine in teapots and has poetry readings by locals and members of the U.S. military.

[2] When questioned about the lack of evidence about the event, Cole later claimed that the actress had told her in a telephone call about the amputations, and said that the woman asked her to leave her alone for her own safety.

[2] There were advance screenings at the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and at the embassy.