Take a look at Afghanistan through films made about Afghan women, streaming through NY collective Women Make Movies website free of charge
The Taliban took over Afghanistan almost two weeks ago. Many in the country are concerned about what this means, and whether the Taliban will turn the clock back on women's rights. As Western nations try to negotiate with the armed group about airlifting their citizens and allies from Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline, there are also others trying alternative ways to help.
Women Make Movies is a film collective established in 1972 by Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige with Dolores Bargowski in New York City. The collective “spent its first decade fulfilling a mission to teach women to become filmmakers, successfully training hundreds of program alumna.
– with the ascent of the Taliban, WMM is streaming nine films on women from Afghanistan for free until the end of August 2021. “As we watch with heavy hearts as the Taliban takes over in Afghanistan, we are making a selection of films available for free that shed light on the history of this region and, most importantly, that highlight the voices and lived experiences of Afghan women,” the WMM website“In the midst of the political tumult and our fear for women’s lives and rights, it’s important for all of us to know more about the country and the lives of Afghan women — to see their struggles as well as their...
“The Voices of Afghan Women” collection hosted by the WMM ranges “from the story of the first woman member of parliament to the first women video journalists in the country, from the story of a woman fighting against sexual abuse and winning in the courts to the triumph of Sonita over child marriage,” and “demonstrate what Afghan woman have accomplished in a generation.”on the Women Make Movies website.
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