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School Library Journal Review
Gr 9 Up-Canadian journalist Sally Armstrong introduces viewers to several Afghan women and uses their stories to illustrate the precarious state of women's rights from April 2002 to October 2002, the period immediately following the overthrow of the Taliban. Armstrong profiles Dr. Sima Samar, the outspoken Afghan doctor who was appointed as Minister of Women's Affairs in the provisional government and then was forced from her position when fundamentalists protested her very public efforts to help women. She also talks with women from many levels of Afghan society, including a school principal, a woman jailed for leaving her husband, an extremely poor woman with nine children who cannot sexually refuse her husband, and an orphaned girl who is responsible for five younger siblings. All the women face a very uncertain future, and Armstrong concludes that the daughters of Afghanistan are a "long way from freedom." Technical quality is very good, with Armstrong narrating and providing commentary. Translations are subtitled. The entire report is dated and ends abruptly in October 2002, which means that later developments, such as the successful Afghan elections where women voted in large numbers, are not mentioned. Viewers will likely wonder what has happened to the featured women and all of the women of Afghanistan since then, making this film a poor choice for social studies classes.-Mary Mueller, Rolla Junior High School, MO (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Library Journal Review
Canadian journalist Sally Armstrong journeyed to Afghanistan to investigate Afghan women's quest for women's rights. Similar to Nelofer Pazira in Return to Kandahar (Video Reviews, LJ 8/04), Armstrong connects with four women and one girl over the course of several months as they attempt to establish their place in the new post-Taliban society. Sima Samar, noted women's rights activist and briefly deputy prime minister of the new government, is prominently featured and eloquently advocates the need for continued support of her efforts. Armstrong also meets with several other women and a young girl who has yet to don the burqa. Of particular impact is the story of Camellah, who as a traditional Afghan woman has no control over her sexual activities or procreation. The film documents the struggle in an appealingly sincere manner. Highly recommended.-Mary Laskowski, Undergraduate Lib., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.