Motherland Afghanistan
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
Documentary
0.0
0.01h 14m
February 14, 2007
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.
Director
Sedika Mojadidi
Cast
Terrence Howard
Narrator
N
Nafisa Mojadidi
Herself
Q
Qudrat Mojadidi
Himself
S
Sedika Mojadidi
Herself
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