A teacher welcomes migrants with unusual techniques, his words echoing the fraught power relations between Europe and those who seek safer, more prosperous lives on her shores

Sedika Mojadidi | 2018

Afghanistan, Australia, Germany... | 80 min | 15+ years | Afghan Persian with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

As American forces and aid leave Afghanistan, Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi crafts an intimate portrait of two awe-inspiring women: Nilofar, a member of parliament, and Shakila, a television journalist.

A group of students discuss the refugee crisis in their English class but as they feed off of each others concerns, fear soon trumps reason.

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