Motherland Afghanistan

Motherland Afghanistan

"Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth."
  • 2007
  • 1 hr 13 min
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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.

Motherland Afghanistan
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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.
  • Release Date
    2007
  • Runtime
    1 hr 13 min
  • Language
    en
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