Documentary Features
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul
Three Afghan women secretly film their lives in a documentary that bridges the experiences between Anne Frank in the 1940s, filmmaker Shakiba Adil’s childhood in 1990s Kabul, and the Afghan women of today cherishing humanity against oppression.
A Q&A with directors and writers Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen immediately follows the screening.
Southeast premiere
Presented in Dari, Pashto, and English with English subtitles.
DIRECTORS
Shakiba Adil
Elina Hirvonen
PRODUCERS
Pauliina Piipponen
Marko Talli
WRITERS
Shakiba Adil
Elina Hirvonen
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Shakiba Adil and Elina Hirvonen form a rare combination of creative partnership. A courageous filmmaker, uncompromising artist, and women’s rights activist shaped by life under Taliban rule, Adil directed the Emmy Award-nominated Afghanistan Unveiled with an Afghan-French team.
The Finnish-born Hirvonen contributes the perspective of an internationally recognized storyteller, having directed the award-winning films Paradise: Three Journeys and Boiling Point.