Motherland Afghanistan

Motherland Afghanistan

Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.

2007•1h 14m

Documentary

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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Production

Aubin Pictures, ITVS

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Narrator

Nafisa Mojadidi

Herself

Qudrat Mojadidi

Himself

Sedika Mojadidi

Herself

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