[Mitai-announce] Fwd: Free Movie Screening: "A View from a Grain of Sand"--Women in Afghanistan

[Julia Yoo]

MIT Amnesty International Presents...

Women in Afghanistan

Screening of
"View from a Grain of Sand"
followed by
a Q&A discussion panel with
 the director & producer "Meena Nanji".

When: 6-8pm, Wed. Feb 10
Where: MIT Building 66, Room 110 (66-110)

*Open to Public
*Free
*Food Provided

About the movie "View from a Grain of Sand":
Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three
remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistans
complexhistory, informing this examination of how international
interventions, war
and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom
over the
 last thirty years.

About the director & producer "Meena Nanji":
Meena Nanji is a South-Asian Kenyan American filmmaker that has produced,
written and directed award-winning independent documentaries and
experimental videos. Titles include Voices of the Morning, a 15 minute piece
about the effects of orthodox muslim law on a young women, Living in Colour
about 2nd generation South Asian youth living in Los Angeles, It Is A Crime,
and others.

Co-sponsors: MIT Center for International Studies, MIT Program in Women's
and Gender Studies