Motherland Afghanistan

Motherland Afghanistan

74 mins | Feb. 14, 2007

Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.

Motherland Afghanistan

74 mins | Feb. 14, 2007

Motherland Afghanistan
Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.
Producers Independent Television Service (ITVS), Aubin Pictures
Original title Motherland Afghanistan
Directors Sedika Mojadidi
Writers

Cast

Terrence Howard

as Narrator

Nafisa Mojadidi

as Herself

Qudrat Mojadidi

as Himself

Sedika Mojadidi

as Herself