In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland (2021)
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary follows a team of women journalists running a TV station in Afghanistan. They face daily struggles to be treated as equals in a deeply sexist society.
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What happens
In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Brishkay Ahmed and released in 2021. The film profiles Zan TV, a television station in Afghanistan which is run by a team of women journalists who face challenges being treated equally with their male counterparts in a highly sexist and oppressive society. The film premiered at the 2021 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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