Project Detail

Fear Behind the Veil

Name: Fear Behind the Veil
Director: Zarghona Rassa
Released: 2007
Duration: 30 mins

Synopsis

What is the position of women in Afghanistan since the end of Taleban rule? Promises were made by the international community in 2001, with women’s rights cited as a reason for the invasion. But what has become of those rights and what is life like now for Afghan women?

Details

Year: 2007
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 30 mins
Format: DV
Director: Zarghona Rassa 1st Feature
Producer: Zarghona Rassa
Editor: Anne O' Connell
Director of Photography: Khair Mohamed Barai, Patris Mayvand

Production Status

Complete

Sales Company

Journeyman Pictures.

4-6 High Street,
Thames Ditton,
Surrey, KT7 0RY
UK

www.journeyman.tv

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