AFGHAN WOMEN: A HISTORY OF STRUGGLE - The tumultuous history of Afghanistan from the perspective of the country's female population, this film chronicles the stories of women who have risked their lives to achieve political, economic, and social equality, from the early 1970s to the present day.
Rare archival footage illustrates the amazing stories of women who participated in the revolutionary movement of the 1970's and the years of political turmoil that followed: from proxy war, to civil war, to the ensuing oppressive rule of the Taliban and the current sway of regional warlords and general instability.
These women shed light on the cold war battle between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R that was played out on Afghan soil, and the CIA's role in the creation of terrorist groups on the Pakistan-Afghan border that plague the world today.
The film goes inside a women's prison. It records the drafting of an Afghan Women's Bill of Rights by women from across Afghanistan at a conference in Kandahar. In scenes like these women debunk the commonly held myth that the U.S. intervention and the fall of the Taliban government brought Afghan women freedom. (69 min, 2007, Director: Kathleen Foster)
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WITHOUT WOMEN THERE IS NO REVOLUTION ('Dissidents' Chapter Two) - ‘Las Tesis’ arrived with performances that catalyzed Chilean social movements at a critical moment. Thousands of women take to the streets to dance and protest against femicides, as well as sexual, political, and social violence.
'Dissidents' is a web series made up of four 5 min chapters that immerse you in the first-person lived experiences of the Social Revolts in Chile that began on October 18, 2019. Our short films open a space to learn from participants in diverse processes of resistance. You can feel for our struggles, from the heroism and organization of the frontline combatants, and the feminist movements that emerged with greater force through performances of “Las Tesis,” through understanding the atrocities of the police branch of the military, to how art is the great tool of resistance in our society. (4 min, Chile, 2020)