the Real Story From Inside Afghanistan

This is Samira Makhmalbaf's most expansive film to date. She made her first film 'the Apple'(1999) at 16 and in many ways 'At Five in The Afternoon' feels like a linear progression from that debut. By giving a voice to the people of Afghanistan beyond the CNN view, we see a people both hesitant and embracing a difficult post 911 world. The story of a defiantly independent young woman who dreams of becoming Afghanistan's first female president but who is still under the thumb of her fanatical father. The film deals with extraordinary depth and simplicity on the role and representation of women, the emerging political climate and what it is like to live ina country ravaged by war for over 20 years. Profound, sad and depply moving. See it now.