The Critical Room: Hope in the written word
After the film, we meet director Shakiba Adil in a conversation with Sharbanoo Sadat and Liv Kjølseth.
Women’s rights in Afghanistan are at what can only be described as a historic low. But perhaps there is hope in meeting secretly over a shared interest? After the screening, The Secret Reading Club of Kabul director Shakiba Adil joins No Good Men creator Shahrbanoo Sadat and Liv Kjølseth, Secretary General of the Afghanistan Committee, meet to discuss the film and the situation today, five years into the newest Taliban rule. The talk will be held in English.
Panelists
Shakiba Adil – One of the film’s two directors. She is also a documentary filmmaker, journalist and women’s rights activist.
Shahrbanoo Sadat – An Afghan director and actor. She directed and stars in this year’s opening film, No Good Men.
Moderator: Liv Kjølseth –Secretary General of the Afghanistan Committee.
About the film
Taliban's return five years ago removed every trace of women's rights in Afghanistan. In a society where half the country has lost the right to work, education, and freedom of expression, a small group of young girls forms a reading circle inspired by Anne Frank's fate.
The event is done in collaboration with the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee and Ten Thousand Images.
