| Description |
1 DVD (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Producers, Cliff Orloff, Olga Shalygin ; writers, Cliff Orloff, Serena Orloff, Linda Schacht, Olga Shalygin, Erika Trautman ; photography/sound, Olga Shalygin ; editors, Erika Trautman, David Ritsher ; music, Ustad Farida Mahwash. |
| Summary |
In 2005 filmmakers Cliff Orloff and Olga Shalygin returned to Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif for the third time since the fall of the Taliban in 2002. Despite a growing network of Afghan friends and colleagues from their two prior visits, they had been restricted in their ability to meet freely with Afghan women. The all-covering burqa, the high-walled living compounds and cultural restrictions on women limited their access. Olga, a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist, was puzzled why virtually all the Afghan women she saw still wore the burqa ... even though a new constitution was adopted that granted women equal rights with men. This time, Olga brought Serena, her 27-year old stepdaughter. Serena lived for a month as an Afghan with Hasina, a 27-year old Afghan woman, and her family. Serena became the eyes and ears of the filmmakers. Together, Hasina, Serena and Olga set out on a journey to learn what it means to be a woman in today's Afghanistan. In the process they confront their own conflicts with culture and traditions. |
| Subject |
Taliban.
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Taliban. |
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Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Women. |
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Afghanistan. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Afghanistan.
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Hijab (Islamic clothing) |
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Human rights -- Afghanistan.
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Human rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Mazār-i Sharīf (Afghanistan) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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Manners and customs. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Orloff, Cliff.
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Shalygin, Olga.
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Orloff, Serena.
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Schacht, Linda.
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Trautman, Linda.
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Red Door Video Productions.
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| Added Title |
Burqas and beliefs |
| Standard No. |
614325452422 |
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