Wide Angle #609; A Woman Among Warlords
- Series
- Wide Angle #609
- Title
- A Woman Among Warlords
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-149p8rtj
- Public Broadcasting Service Episode NOLA
- WIDA 000609
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- Description
- Description
- "A Woman Among Warlords" follows the campaign of a woman running in Afghanistan's first democratic parliament election in more than 30 years. Twenty-eight-year-old Malalai Joya became one of Afghanistan's most famous -- and infamous -- women in 2003 when she challenged the power of warlords in the country's new government. Now forced to live in hiding and surrounded by armed guards, Joya conducts her parliamentary campaign in the remote desert province of Farah, the heart of poverty in Afghanistan. Despite death threats and assassination attempts, Joya continues to meet with clan leaders, opium kings, and adolescent girls forced to marry old men. Six years after the US and NATO overthrew the Taliban, WIDE ANGLE provides a unique insight into the politics and culture of a nation ruined by war, still ruled by fear, but desperate for a change for the better. This film is the television version of the celebrated documentary "Enemies of Happiness," a film by Danish director Eva Mulvad.
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_6377 (unknown)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Wide Angle #609; A Woman Among Warlords,” Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 7, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-149p8rtj.
- MLA: “Wide Angle #609; A Woman Among Warlords.” Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 7, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-149p8rtj>.
- APA: Wide Angle #609; A Woman Among Warlords. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-149p8rtj