Film Description

When the hated Tailban were ousted, Afghan women felt their daily nightmare was over. They hoped to reclaim the future for their daughtersdespite isolation at the hands of the international community. But generations of neglect and second-class status don't vanish with the current political winds.

Journalist Sally Armstrong exposes the struggle of women in modern Afghanistan by following the lives of five courageous women from diverse backgrounds. Meet the remarkable Dr. Sima Simar, a woman who thumbed her nose at the Taliban’s brutal edicts and became, briefly, Deputy PrimeMinister in the new Government; Soghra, who lost everything to the
Taliban, now struggling to feed and clothe her five children;Hamida, aschool principal determined to provide education for her female students;Camellah, an Afghan housewife whose country’s laws make her a virtual sex slave to her husband; and Lima, a young girl whose childhood has been lost to war. DVD features an interview with Sally Armstrong and a guidebook
for educators.