Love and Marriage in Kabul.
Mahboba Rawi, founder of Mahboba’s Promise, has dedicated her life to helping orphans, widows and schooling girls in Afghanistan. In this documentary, we follow her efforts to challenge centuries-old traditions to make a loving marriage happen for a young couple. Official Selection at **AFI Docs**....
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
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| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Grasshopper Film,
2014.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019. |
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| Online Access: | View this video online |
| Summary: | Mahboba Rawi, founder of Mahboba’s Promise, has dedicated her life to helping orphans, widows and schooling girls in Afghanistan. In this documentary, we follow her efforts to challenge centuries-old traditions to make a loving marriage happen for a young couple. Official Selection at **AFI Docs**. Winner of the Golden Phoenix Prize at the **Fajr International Film Festival**. Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the **Sydney Film Festival**. *"Sweet and suspenseful and full of observation about how old-fashioned traditions still linger in modern-day Kabul." - **Library Journal*** *"Three stars. An interesting portrait of the war between traditional ritual and contemporary aspirations in matrimonial matters in Afghanistan, this is recommended." - **Video Librarian*** |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |