Motherland Afghanistan
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
2007
1h 14m
Documentary
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
Top Cast
Terrence Howard
Narrator
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Nafisa Mojadidi
Herself
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Qudrat Mojadidi
Himself
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Sedika Mojadidi
Herself
