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  1. The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan, Sunday on Global Voices

    October 5, 2012

    ITVS’s Annisa Kau caught up with The Boy Mir - Ten Years in Afghanistan director Phil Grabsky to discuss the documentary. The Boy Mir airs as part of the Global Voices series on the World Channel on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Can you tell us about your background, what led you to Afghanistan, and how you met Mir? I have been making documentary films for over 28…

  2. Filmmaker Maryam Ebrahimi Discusses I Was Worth 50 Sheep

    September 5, 2012

    ITVS’s Annisa Kau caught up with I Was Worth 50 Sheep producer Maryam Ebrahimi to discuss the documentary, women’s rights, and finding Sabere’s unique story (which is the focus of the film). I Was Worth 50 Sheep aired as part of the Global Voices series on the World Channel (check listings) and is currently available online via PBS Video (for a limited time…

  3. I Was Worth 50 Sheep, Sunday on Global Voices

    September 2, 2012

    The documentary I Was Worth 50 Sheep by Nima Sarvestani airs Sunday, September 2 on Global Voices on the WORLD Channel. Sabereh, Farzaneh, and her stepfather KhaleghSabere, now 16, was only 7 years old when her father died in war. Her cousin inherited her, and following a long-practiced tradition in Afghanistan, he sold her when she was 10 years old to…

  4. One Man's Fight Against Maternal Mortality: A Motherland Afghanistan Update

    July 26, 2012

    In Motherland Aghanistan, which aired on Global Voices in May, Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi journeys to the heart of this medical tragedy by following her father’s (Dr. Qudrat Mojadidi) return to Afghanistan to battle one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Sedika Mojadidi provided BTB an update on her father's work, both…

  5. Motherland Afghanistan Tackles Maternal Mortality: A Women and Girls Lead Social Screening

    June 12, 2012

    Women and Girls Lead presents an online social screening of Motherland Afghanistan on Wednesday,  June 13th at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Nearly one in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi follows her father's work as an…

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