IDFA 2008
Afghan Girls Can Kick
Bahareh Hosseini
Afghanistan
2007
50 min
World Premiere
Afghan Girls Can Kick is an intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary portrait of teenage girls breaking the stereotypes set for them by intensely conservative Afghan society, in some cases escaping grinding poverty, gaining self-esteem and confidence as players in Afghanistan's first ever women's national football team.
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World Sales
Galloping Films,
Teleproductions International, Ltd.
Galloping Films,
Teleproductions International, Ltd.
Screening copy