Motherland Afghanistan

Overview

Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.

Release date

Feb 14, 2007

Rating

0 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 14 minutes

Genres

• Documentary

Homepage

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/motherlandafghanistan/