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    Search for Freedom

    Munizae Jahangir 2003 Afghan Documentary color 58min Betacam
    Before the Taliban regime, Afghan women did not need to wear the wholly-covered headscarf. They were able to go to school and bring their talents into full play. Things change when the Taliban regime came into being. Afghan women try hard to maintain their self-esteem under the unfair regulations. This film traces the dramatic social and political history of Afghanistan from the 1920s to the present through the stories of four remarkable women: Princess Shafiga Saroj, sister of the beloved progressive King Amanullah (1919- 1929); Mairman Parveen, the first woman to sing on Afghan radio; Moshina, a war widow and survivor of a Taliban massacre: and Sohaila, an exiled medical student who ran underground schools for RAWA (Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women). These stories are the best testimonies of Afghan women's resistance to Taliban regime and their search for freedom.

    Director

    Munizae Jahangir

    Munizae Jahangir recently produced and directed Search for Freedom a feature length documentary, recently screened by Amnesty International in Washington D.C and in New York City, USA. Jahangir worked as an anchor reporter for the Current Affairs Channel on Pakistan National Television, where she directed and reported on environmental issues, child labor and Human Rights abuses. She was a research assistant and cameraperson for a documentary on Acid Burnt Women. She co-produced a documentary on Street Children of Lahore which was screened in Community Centers around Pakistan. She has been a freelance journalist for the past ten years and has also worked with Pakistan's national female film director Samina Peerzada. Jahangir holds a BA in Political Science and English from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and a MA in Media Studies, with a concentration in film and video from New School University, New York.

    Munizae Jahangir

    Acid Burnt women (research assistant and camera person)

    Street Children of Lahore（co-producer）

    Shararat (director assistant)

    Director and producer/ Munizae Jahangir

    Print Source: Munizae Jahangir

    Tel: 92-42-300-8423398

    Email: munizaejahangir@yahoo.com

    http://www.mjcanadaproductions.com/

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