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Host a House Party to Help Afghan Women!
Organize a private screening of "View From a Grain of Sand"
"searing, wide-reaching..." - Los Angeles Times
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The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) have spent the past 30 years struggling non-violently for women's rights. Now, a new documentary by film maker Meena Nanji, View From a Grain of Sand, chronicles the lives of 3 Afghan women, one of them a member of RAWA.
You can do your part to help RAWA by raising crucial funds for this remarkable organization by organizing a house party. Your efforts will help sustain RAWA's life-saving projects.
What: Movie screening of View From a Grain of Sand
Where: your house or a friend's house
When: Any time
6 easy steps to planning your inspiring and informative party:
Download the complete house party kit [MS Word] [PDF] [html] Order a DVD of View From a Grain of Sand (non-educational purposes only). Allow 10 business days for delivery within the US and Canada Pick a date and location to host your party. (TIP: Make it a potluck! Have everyone bring a dish to share and save yourself some effort). Drop us an email at info_at_afghanwomensmission.org to help us keep track of all the events Invite your friends, neighbors, and local activist groups. (TIP: Send out free invitations online using Evite.com) Using the house party kit, print up flyers and collect pledges and donations from your guests after viewing the film. Mail in pledges and donations to AWM
View From a Grain of Sand
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Include info about the film in your invitation:
Combining verite footage, interviews and archival material, Los Angeles based film maker, Meena Nanji has fashioned a harrowing, thought-provoking, yet intimate portrait of the plight of Afghan women in the last 30 years-from the rule of King Mohammed Zahir Shah to the current Hamid Karzai government to the activist work of RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Over a period of five years, she spent months in a refugee camp in Pakistan, where she documented the efforts of three women to rebuild their lives and help others in the process: Shapire, a teacher; Roeena, a physician; and Wajeeha, a social activist.
Order a DVD of View From a Grain of Sand (non-educational purposes only).
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Film Reviews
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"Disputing rosy media accounts of an improved situation for women, docu profiles three females who are barely coping with state of women's rights in their homeland. PBS-style filmmaking and storytelling makes this a sure item for pub tube airings and widespread international broadcasts." -- Variety | Read full review
"searing, wide-reaching... an especially timely addition to the collective history of the plight of women under repression." -- Los Angeles Times | Read full review
"Via interviews, narration, and vérité and archival footage, Nanji compellingly argues that the loss of women's rights in Afghanistan is not a simple story that revolves around the Taliban. It is a much larger-and continuing-story of a nation that has suffered through near-constant war and mass displacement over several decades." -- Make/shift Magazine | Read full review
"gripping... Nanji narrates this history with clarity and passion ... an insightful, often heart-wrenching account of trauma, war and rights abuses..." -- LA Weekly | Read full review
"There are VERY few films that approach the issue of Afghanistan, Afghan women's rights, and US policy with a decent level of sensitivity, political maturity, and sophistication. Meena Nanji's film is one of those very rare films that tackles all the important issues with grace, and conviction..." -- Sonali Kolhatkar, Co-Director of Afghan Women's Mission
"a work of love and passion for a Afghanistan and the Afghan people..." -- Adam Shapiro, former country director, Global Rights, Afghanistan.
"...a fascinating portrait of resilience..." -- Flavorpill.com
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