– Malala, Jennifer hope their new documentary spotlights Afghan women’s rights

Malala Yousafzai, Jennifer Lawrence hope their new documentary ‘Bread and Roses’ will put Afghan women’s rights at the top of the global agenda The new documentary Bread and Roses, which premiered Friday on Apple TV, Behind the scenes is a powerhouse producing team: activist Malala Yousafzai. , actress Jennifer Lawrence, and director Sahira Muni. The film follows women in Afghanistan after the Taliban take over. In 2021 Women are fighting for their freedom, their efforts are captured in guerrilla-style footage, often shot on phone cameras. “This documentary is a form of solidarity for Afghan women and girls, and it’s also a form of resistance against the Taliban, who are trying to make Afghan women invisible and erase them,” Yousafzai told me in an interview with Zoom. is doing.” Ever since Mani started making. Things haven’t improved for Afghan women in the 2021 film. In fact, it has gotten worse. Mani says, “If I wanted to make this film now, it would not be possible. At the beginning of this period of Taliban rule, women could not go to work or school. Mani says that now, he cannot step out of the house without a bodyguard. Florence recalls a moment in Bread and Roses when Sharifa Mowahid Zaida, who finds it oppressive to switch from a career as a civil servant to a life as a housewife, f. Roof to listen to a song he likes, “just to relax.” The actor joined as a producer. The film adds to a growing portfolio of work in support of women’s rights. Lawrence also served as a producer on Zoraski v. Texas, a documentary about the Texas abortion ban and the women who fought it in a landmark case. She saysThat his passion for both projects stemmed from being an American, for Zurawski vs. Texas, and “One Man” for Bread and Roses. Yousafzai hopes the film will put Afghan women’s rights at the top of the global agenda. Talk about women’s rights around the world. She urges nations not to normalize relations with the Taliban, which she says is a symbol of gender and racism. She says,