Motherland Afghanistan (74 mins)

Afghanistan, 2006, directed by Sedika Mojadidi

“How many mothers won’t make it, and how many will die on the way coming to the hospital? How many will die in their homes?” – Dr. Qudrat Mojadidi

The filmmaker follows her father, who specialises in women’s medicine, back to Afghanistan, where one in seven women dies during childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan takes in two different trips, one to a maternity ward in Kabul, and the other to a rural hospital in Ghazni. In the juxtaposition of these two situations, the film finds and highlights the inspiring grace and courage of Afghanistan’s women.

For reviews, see

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3117/context/jounalistofthemonth

http://beyondthebox.org/a-special-screening-of-motherland-afghanistan-in-san-francisco/