The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2004)

What happens when a group of hairdressers from America travel to Kabul with the intention of telling Afghan women how to do hair and makeup This engaging optimistic documentary tracks a unique development project a shiny new beauty school funded in part by beautyindustry mainstays which sets out to teach the latest cutting coloring and perming techniques to practicing and aspiring Afghan hairdressers and beauticians The American teachers all volunteers include three AfghanAmericans returning home for the first time in over twenty years The Beauty Academy of Kabul offers a rare glimpse into Afghan womens lives and documents the poignant and often humorous process through which women with very different experiences of life come to learn about one another