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Bread and Roses is a 2023 American documentary film about women in Afghanistan and the role of the Taliban.It was directed and produced by Sahra Mani. It was co-produced by Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi for their company Excellent Cadaver after Lawrence saw news coverage of the 2021 Taliban offensive as U.S. troops withdrew.
The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan and toppled its government almost immediately following the U.S.' withdrawal, re-establishing a regime that severely restricts women's rights under a ...
During the US war in Afghanistan, a Marine platoon is ambushed by the Taliban, leaving only Jake Atherton and his commanding officer Captain Tom Mason as survivors. After being discharged, Jake works as a mechanic in an auto-shop owned by former gang member Earl.
Kabul Express was the first international film to be shot in the country following the fall of the Taliban regime and the first Hindi film since 1992's Khuda Gawah. [3] The film was shot over 45 days in and around Kabul beginning in September 2005, around the time of a surge in Taliban insurgent violence.
While three of the women featured in the movie have since left the country, the situation has worsened as the Taliban maintains its grip on Afghanistan more than three years after much of the ...
Afghanistan has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 2002, following the fall of the country's previous Taliban government. . The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
Taking on the Taliban (BBC Panorama TV episode, 05-11-2007) Taxi to the Dark Side (documentary film, 2007) The General's War (BBC, 2007) Above and Beyond (TV special, 2008) Ross Kemp in Afghanistan (British Documentary series, 2008) Afghanistan: The Forgotten War (PBS Now TV episode, 17-07-2008) Three Bloody Summers (BBC Panorama TV episode, 03 ...
Despite warnings over safety, foreign tourists are now starting to trickle into conflict-ravaged Afghanistan, welcomed by locals and the hardline Taliban regime. The Taliban says it wants people ...