Asian Trips - Motherland Afghanistan
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Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Starring: Dr. Qudrat Mojadidi
Directed By: Sedika Mojadidi
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720229912600
Format: Color
Label: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-03-20
Running Time: 74
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-02-14
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Afghanistan today has the second highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world. After nearly thirty years of war and occupation, the nation's medical system has been devastated and its doctors and other medical personnel are poorly trained. Afghans had hoped that the U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban in 2001 would bring improvements in women's health and education, but the rights of Afghan women to adequate healthcare are still denied.
In Motherland Afghanistan, Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi vividly reveals the extent of this tragedy by documenting the 2003 return to Afghanistan of her father, an OB/GYN who emigrated to the U.S. in 1972, as he attempts to rehabilitate the largest women's hospital in the country with the promised support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
After waiting four months for desperately-needed equipment and supplies and struggling to work amidst frustrating and heartbreaking conditions, the staff must take up a collection to buy medical supplies at a local pharmacy. The only indication of U.S. sponsorship is that the hospital's maternity ward has been named for Laura Bush. Dr. Mojadidi acknowledges that he has made a "huge mistake" in accepting the position and returns home; two years later, he journeys to Afghanistan again, this time to work with an Afghan NGO to train the staff at a large rural hospital.
Sedika Mojadidi movingly documents her father's heroic efforts to make a difference in his beleaguered homeland, and the result is an inspiring portrait of dedication and fortitude in some of the most harsh and unforgiving physical, political and cultural terrain on Earth.
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Summary: an afghani doctor and his family
Comment: this is a very well-made and quite moving documentary about an afghani doctor and his family who return after many years in the u.s.a. to help out in the post-taliban era...........the only thing i can complain about is that instead of afghani musicians doing the soundtrack they have used westerners, but they're not offensive.... there is, however, a brief song by a hazara rubab player....the doctor reminds me of the iraqi journalist in "control room", doing his best in a very difficult situation....
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Summary: A moving story of compassion, unforgettable
Comment: I watched this movie tonight and I'm sure I'll never forget it. This is the real world, real people, real problems. Dr. Mojadidi is an interesting character himself, and we see him leave his lovely comfortable home in the U.S. to travel to a poor, dusty land to help a few Afghani patients and to teach the determined Afghani doctors. You'll watch a lot of it and say Wow. Very human, with a mixture of strength and love and misery and hope. Thank you, Ms. Mojadidi, for introducing the world to your father. He is an inspiration.
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