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Back to Nadia : becoming a "boy" for survival in Afghanistan / directed by Grau Serra ; produced by Batabat.
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- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Afghanistan.
- Social conditions.
- Impersonation.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 min.)
- Other Title:
- Back to Nadia
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2011.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Farsi with English subtitles.
- Summary:
- Returning from the hospital after the suicide bombing that killed her brother, eleven-year-old Nadia has an epiphany: she will pretend to be a boy, assuming her brother's identity and name in order to support her family. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where women and girls are not allowed to work outside the home, Nadia spends eleven years masquerading as her brother Esmerai before ultimately escaping to Europe and reclaiming her identity as a female. Back to Nadia is the fascinating story of gender and personal transformation in a society that leaves women with few options for freedom and autonomy.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 14, 2013).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2013. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 864629128
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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