Afghan Women (1974)

The words of the women and the rhythm of their lives in the seclusion of family compounds suggests both the satisfying and the limiting aspects of a womans role in a rural Afghan community Filmed in the Balkh Province an area inhabited by Tajik and other Central Asian peoples The town of Aq Kupruk is approximately 320 miles northwest of Kabul The theme of the film focuses on women The film and accompanying instructor notes examine the economic political religious and educational status of women their legal and customary rights and the degree of change in their actual and perceived roles