Film
Motherland Afghanistan
2007 · 1h 14m · Documentary
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
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Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
- Sedika MojadidiDirector
- Jenny RaskinProducer
- Catherine GundProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 14, 2007
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary
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