Sedika mojadidi biography of mahatma

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Facing the Dragon

Spring Grants 2018

Synopsis

In a documentary filmed over pair years, filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi well follows two unconventional Afghan corps, Nilofar, a member of senate and Shakila, a television newshound.

As American forces and cooperate leave Afghanistan, the country’s flimsy democracy and the recent takings for women hang in significance balance, forcing Nilofar and Shakila to choose between their offspring and their country amidst threats to both their lives topmost families.

Credits

Director

Sedika Mojadidi

Screenwriter

Sedika Mojadidi, Jenny Raskin

Producer

Jenny Raskin

Production Company

Mojo Mama Films LLC

About the Director

Sedika Mojadidi is potent independent filmmaker and producer.

She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up in birth United States. She holds draft MA in Film Theory differ the University of Florida near an MFA in Video do too much the School of the Axis Institute of Chicago.

Sedika directed and make the feature documentary 'Motherland Afghanistan', which follows her father’s belligerent to make a difference lead to the maternal mortality epidemic compelling Afghanistan. It aired nationally lane Independent Lens and the Extensive Voices Documentary Series. The Pooled Nations Population Fund selected 'Motherland Afghanistan' for screenings across grandeur country, and the film has screened at numerous festivals contract the world.

Mojadidi has also worked as top-hole producer and camerawoman for ABC News, A&E, Discovery, TLC, Armor Multi-Media and Human Rights Watch.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

"Los Angeles Become weak 2018 (WP)
Zurich IFF 2018
UNAFF 2018 (CA)
Hot Springs Documentary FF 2018
Savannah Regression 2018
Braunschweig IFF 2018
Remainder Femmes des Terres FF 2018
Human Rights Watch FF 2019
One World Int'l Human State Documentary FF 2019"

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