Motherland Afghanistan

Nearly one in seven Afghan women die in childbirth.

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.

Cast

Terrence Howard

Narrator

Nafisa Mojadidi

Herself

Qudrat Mojadidi

Himself

Sedika Mojadidi

Herself

Crew

Jenny Raskin

Producer

Catherine Gund

Producer

Sedika Mojadidi

Director

Clips & Videos

Global Voices | Motherland Afghanistan | Trailer | ITVS

Independent Lens 'MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN' | Preview | PBS