PostSeptember11,MohsenMakhmalbaftracksthechildrenwhodonotattendschoolinthebordervillagesbetweenIranandAfghanistanwithhisdigitalcameraandquestionswhytheyarenotbeingeducated.HefindsgirlsstudyinginUNICEFclassesinoneregion.OneofthegirlsisnotwillingtocomeoutofherburqadespitethefactthatshehasrunawayfromAfghanistanandtheTalibanarenotpresenthere.SheismoreafraidofthehorrifyinggodthattheTalibanhavecreatedmorethantheTaliban.Theteachertries…
Director'scommentary:
TheTalibanwasnotapoliticalregimeinAfghanistanbuttheyarestillaculture.Bombardingcanruinapoliticalregimebutitcannotchangeaculture.Youcannotfreeawomanwhomisimprisonedintheburqawitharocket.TheAfghangirlneedseducation.Shedoesn’tknowthatshedoesn’tknow.Sheisimprisonedbutshedoesnotknowthatsheisaprisonerofpoverty,ignorance,prejudice,malechauvinismandsuperstition.95%ofthewomenand80%ofthemeninAfghanistandidnothavethechancetoattendschoolevenbeforetheTaliban.ThefilmseeksthelostkeytobeabletoopenthelockoftheculturalproblemsofAfghanistan.
FromtheIMDB:
In2002about3millionAfghanRefugeewerelivinginIran.Fromthoseabout700,000wereAfghanChildrenwhowerenotallowedtogotoIranianschoolsbecauseoftheirillegalstatusinIran.Afterthismoviewasmade,thissubjectbecamecontroversialandfinallytheIranianMajlis(Parliament)passedabillinwhichtheAfghanichildrenwereallowedtogotoschoolanditresultedin500,000kidsgettingeducation.
主演：迪恩·波特,亚历克斯·霍诺德,Brad Lynch,Jim Hurst,Dean Fidelman,Eric Perlman,Timmy O'neill,Cedar Wright,Dan Duane,Elizabeth Potter,Jennifer Rapp,Jay Epstein
主演：Anna Nemzer,Ksenia Mironova,Sonya Groysman,奥尔佳·丘达科娃,Irina Dolinina,Alesya Marokhovskaya,Elena Kostyuchenko
主演：Liza Williams
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