Writing Hawa / Icarus Films ; Tag Film presents ; in association with ARTE France ; in coproduction with Een van de jongens, EOdocs ; a film produced by Christian Popp, Hasse van Nunen, Renko Douze ; a film by Najiba Noori ; directed by Najiba Noori ; co-directed by Rasul Noori ; written by Najiba Noori, Afsanch Salari.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Noori, Hawa, on-screen participant.

Noori, Najiba, film director, screenwriter, narrator.

Noori, Rasul, film director.

Salari, Afsanch, screenwriter.

Popp, Christian (Christian J.), film producer.

Nunen, Hasse van, film producer.

Douze, Renko, film producer.

Tag Film (Firm), production company.

ARTE France, production company.

Icarus Films, publisher, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Afghanistan--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Education--Afghanistan.

Businesswomen--Afghanistan.

Businesswomen.

Literacy--Afghanistan.

Literacy.

Afghanistan--History--2021-.

Afghanistan.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (85 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

2024 Brooklyn, New York

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2024]

Language Note:

In Farsi with English subtitles.

Summary:

Forty years after her arranged marriage as a child, Hawa finally begins an independent life and learns to read. However, with the return of the Taliban to power, her dreams, along with those of her daughter and granddaughter, are cut short.

Participant:

Featuring Hawa Noori; narrator, Najiba Noori.

Credits:

Cinematography, Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori ; editing, Afsanch Salari ; music, Afshin Azizi.