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Date
March 10, 2010
- Time 7 PM
- Location Washington, D.C.
- Price NG Member: $8, 3-Part Series: $18 General Public: $10, 3-Part Series: $24
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Photo courtesy the filmmakerFrance | 2005 | 52 minutes | Dari and Pashto with English subtitles
Co-directors: Mary Ayubi and Polly Hyman
Journalist and Shadows co-director Mary Ayubi’s impression of life for women improved after the collapse of the Taliban. So she set off to document rural Afghanistan, where she discovered and depicted a different reality that placed her in imminent danger. Shadows reveals that little has changed outside Kabul for Afghan women since the fall of the Taliban. Shadows is Mary’s first documentary; she has lived in Afghanistan all her life but currently lives in exile in America, where she continues to produce works on women’s issues. Mary will discuss the film following the screening.
Washington, D.C. Premiere.
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The Aina Afghan Media and Culture Center is the producer of Shadows. The center was founded in 2001 by Reza Deghati, a National Geographic Fellow, to educate and empower Afghan women and children in the use of media, communication arts, and information. Since its inception, Aina has had an effect on civil society in Afghanistan. More than 1,000 Afghans have received training and gained new media and communication skills; of those newly trained Afghans, more than 90% are now employed because of these skills. Eight publications have been produced and are in circulation, including two women’s magazines and one children’s magazine, Parvaz. Aina’s coproduction of Afghanistan Unveiled was nominated for a 2005 Emmy® Award for Best Documentary. For more information about Aina, click here.
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