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Behind the Veil Series

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Producer(s)	the Globe and Mail
Release Date	2009
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	100 min
Format(s)	online (full length)
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

Through online videos and interviews, the Globe and Mail‘s series Behind the Veil tells the story of the women of Afghanistan, who live under conditions of constant violence and repressive social codes. As the Globe and Mail editor notes, “Like us, these women hoped the intervention of the outside world would improve their lives; like us, they have been largely disappointed. In fact, for many of the women of Kandahar, what was to have been a march toward a brighter future has turned into a retreat back to the past and in some cases, back to the burka.” But our site moves beyond a mere effort to raise awareness by not presenting only all that is wrong in these women’s lives—it too creates a connective narrative thread between the women and the larger world around them by exploring “places where our lives intersect around family and work, around their hopes for the future that aren’t much different than ours.”

Official Site	http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/behind-the-veil/
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Last Updated On:	July 13, 2010