‘The Secret Reading Club of Kabul’ Follows Young Afghan Women, Inspired by Anne Frank, Defying the Taliban: “They Want to Be Heard and Seen”
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The documentary from Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, features clandestinely shot mobile phone footage and shows "the power of art to keep hope and humanism alive."
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan , where women are denied the right to study, work, or speak freely, a group of young women risk their lives to form a secret reading circle And inspired by Anne Frank’s experiences in 1940s Amsterdam, they start to write their own diaries. For these women, a dystopia is reality. Now, they are sharing it with the world in The Secret Reading Club of Kabul , a documentary directed by Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen and partially filmed by the women themselves. The film, described as “an intimate and confidential testimony to the power of art to keep hope and humanism alive,” world premieres on Monday, March 16, in the Nordic:DOX competition program of the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival , CPH:DOX . Related Stories Movies How 'Arctic Link' Brings the Internet, and Digital Change, to Life on an Epic Scale Movies 'Whispers in May' Blends Doc and Improv Into a Magical Journey From Girlhood to Womanhood “We experience with shocking clarity what is at stake when the Taliban storms a hidden school or arrests young girls for practicing martial arts,” the festival website highlights about the doc. The story is interwoven with insight into director Adil’s own journey. As a girl, she grew up under the first Taliban regime, and after the fall of the Taliban, she became the first woman to appear on Afghan television. Notes the festival: “After being forced to flee her homeland twice, she has now dedicated her film to the new generation facing the same oppression she herself has endured.” The Secret Reading Club of Kabul is produced by Marko Talli and Johanna Raita. Cinematography is courtesy of Jarkko Virtanen, while the editor is Annukka Lilja. Yellow Film & TV is handling sales. Adi...
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