
Motherland Afghanistan
Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
74 min
Release Date
2007-02-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Vote Average
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Terrence Howard
Narrator
Nafisa Mojadidi
Herself
Qudrat Mojadidi
Himself
Sedika Mojadidi
Herself
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