| Details | Available in DC, Maryland, and Virginia from December 10–26
Stream it Here: https://watch.eventive.org/leftunfinished
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2D6eoN9q-A After she is sentenced to death for accidentally killing her abusive husband, a public official issues a written plea for mercy to her nation’s leader in this searing feminist drama by Roya Sadat—the first female Afghan director to emerge after the Taliban first fell. The official’s book-length missive forms the framing tale for a film that courageously lays bare the intertwined issues of corruption, ethnic group power struggles, and religious fundamentalism that have plagued Afghanistan’s recent history. Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter called it “a simple yet audacious critique of the patriarchal norms” that remained in place more than a decade after the Taliban’s ostensible demise. (Dir.: Roya Sadat, Afghanistan, 2017, 83 min., Dari with English subtitles) Images: courtesy of Asian Shadows |
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