In another cell phone video, a man off camera is heard threatening to summarily execute women protestors. Disturbing videos show the brutal reaction of security forces who attack protestors and what appear to be Western journalists trying to cover the demonstrations.Ī protestor records a protest against Taliban rule by Afghan women. “Down with the terrorists!” shout some of the demonstrators, clearly meaning the Taliban. The documentary includes cell phone video of brave women who defied the stay-at-home order and protested in the streets, calling on authorities to re-open schools. Women across the country were told they could no longer go out in public without a male escort schools for girls and women were shut down. Mohammadi operated a thriving dental practice in Kabul, but soon after the Taliban return to power she was ordered to remove her name from her own clinic. Zahra Mohammadi implored the audience at the Salle Agnès Varda in Cannes as she, Mani and Lawrence introduced the film. Zahra Mohammadi (in white headscarf), and guests at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday, May 21, 2023. 'MR-9: Do Or Die' Starring Frank Grillo, Michael Jai White & ABM Sumon Acquired By Premiere - Cannes Marketĭirector Sahra Mani (in white), producer Jennifer Lawrence, producer Justine Ciarrocchi (in silver necklace), Dr.

The film is directed by Afghan native Sahra Mani and produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence, Justine Ciarrochi, and Mani.įabien Westerhoff Marks First Year Of Constellation Productions Talks 'The Lesson', Ghana-Shot 'Paradise' & Charlie Chaplin Docįrench Producer Stripped Of Cannes Accreditation For Publicly Criticizing Fest Gets A Badge The dire reality for the distaff population of Afghanistan becomes heartbreakingly clear in the documentary Bread and Roses, which premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival. It was an acknowledgement of how quickly the situation for women and girls has deteriorated since the Taliban retook control of Kabul in August 2021, following the departure of U.S. Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the Taliban for systematically depriving Afghan women of their rights, demanding the country’s fundamentalist Islamic rulers provide “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls” in Afghan society.

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