Motherland Afghanistan
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
2007 · 1h 14m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Sedika Mojadidi
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Motherland Afghanistan
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.
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