Afghan Women (1974)
• January 1st, 1974 • 0h 17min
Documentary
Overview
The words of the women and the rhythm of their lives in the seclusion of family compounds suggests both the satisfying and the limiting aspects of a woman's role in a rural Afghan community. Filmed in the Balkh Province, an area inhabited by Tajik and other Central Asian peoples. The town of Aq Kupruk is approximately 320 miles northwest of Kabul. The theme of the film focuses on women. The film and accompanying instructor notes examine the economic, political, religious, and educational status of women, their legal and customary rights, and the degree of change in their actual and perceived roles.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Draw Me Egypt - Doaa El-Adl, A Stroke of Freedom
Released on: 2023-06-03
Documentary
Doaa el-Adl, the first woman to be awarded the esteemed Journalistic Distinction in Caricature, serv...
Donna: Women in Revolt
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary, History
The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms.
Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe
Released on: 2020-11-02
Documentary
"Without a Whisper" is the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in ...
You Have Struck a Rock!
Released on: 1981-01-01
Documentary
You Have Struck A Rock! commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success ...
Breaking the News
Released on: 2023-06-07
Documentary
A group of women and non-binary journalists, bucking the white male status quo, launch The 19th*—a d...
Commander Arian
Released on: 2018-04-29
Documentary
On the front line of the Syrian war, a 30-year-old commander leads her female battalion to retake an...
Dust Flower Flame
Released on:
Documentary
Tahirih Qurrat al-Ayn was first Iranian women right activist, Bab-i fighter ,theologian,poet. Tahir...
Underplayed
Released on: 2020-04-15
Documentary, Music
Filmed over the summer festival season, Stacey Lee’s uplifting documentary examines gender inequalit...
Women of Hamas
Released on: 2010-09-23
Documentary
Everyone was surprised at the triumph of Hamas in the last Palestinian elelctions, but the bigger su...
Plenty of Nothing
Released on: 1982-01-01
Documentary
Half a million wives work with their husbands in family-run businesses, but most have no legal title...
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Released on: 2023-09-19
Documentary, History
On September 16, 2022, in Teheran, the murder by police of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for "wear...
Natasha
Released on: 2025-06-25
Documentary
After surviving a violent assault by a serving soldier who was convicted but walked free with a susp...
Behind the Looking Glass
Released on: 2024-08-30
Documentary, Animation
Behind The Looking Glass is a film about the lives of women whose partners have or want to ‘transiti...
Copa 71
Released on: 2024-03-08
Documentary, History
The extraordinary story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup, which was held in Mexico City and witnessed b...
Writing with Fire
Released on: 2021-01-30
Documentary, History
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. A...
Ciudad a la Espalda
Released on: 2023-10-07
Documentary
María and Isabel are two women in their fifties who, like many others, recycle in Quito, where there...
My Feminism
Released on: 1997-10-17
Documentary
In an era of antifeminist backlash, this articulate documentary by the makers of Thank God I’m a Les...
Finding Dawn
Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary
Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders and disappearan...
The Battle of the Sexes
Released on: 2013-06-26
Documentary
Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but th...