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Osama

2004

Under Taliban rule in Kabul, where women are barred from working or moving about freely, a family left without any men faces destitution. To survive, a preteen girl is disguised as a boy and sent out to earn a living under the name Osama. Shot soon after the regime's fall, it was the first film made in Afghanistan after the Taliban's ban on cinema.

Why it’s here

A Dari/Pashto Afghan drama about life under the Taliban and the first Afghan film after the fall of the Taliban regime.