Category Archives: Films About Afghanistan

Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking documentary by Brave New Films, that focuses on the what is really happening in Afghanistan as a result of US policy. The film was released in parts online and is also available on DVD. Afghan Women’s Mission Co-Director Sonali Kolhatkar was interviewed for this film. Continue reading →

This timely documentary by film maker and photographer Kathleen Foster, dramatizes the tale of a group of remarkable women, how their courage and commitment to change their lives and country has passed from one generation to the next. Their disturbing … Continue reading →

Can an Afghan woman, armed with only a strong voice and a fierce loyalty to her homeland, overcome entrenched views and death threats to help bring democracy to Afghanistan? Enemies of Happiness is an award-winning documentary by Danish film maker … Continue reading →

Combining verite footage, interviews and archival material, Los Angeles based film maker, Meena Nanji has fashioned a harrowing, thought-provoking, yet intimate portrait of the plight of Afghan women in the last 30 years-from the rule of King Mohammed Zahir Shah … Continue reading →

Winner of 2003 Social Justice Documentary Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Filmed in March 2002, Sadaa E Zan collects the voices of several Afghan women living in Kabul, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. In a land where 50% … Continue reading →

Made in partnership with RAWA, this short documentary was one of the few early Western films about the struggles of Afghan women. In the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the … Continue reading →