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Motherland Afghanistan

"Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth."

2007-02-14 en 74m
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.

Producer

Jenny Raskin

Producer

Catherine Gund

Director

Sedika Mojadidi

afghanistan birth women's health infant mortality

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Aubin Pictures
  • ITVS

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