when the taliban seized control of afghanistan in august 2021, the increasingly media savvy group claimed they would respect women s rights. film makers ramita navai and kareem shah s film exposes the harsh realities for women under taliban rule. media restrictions and consequences for speaking tojournalists make it difficult to report from afghanistan. and this was one of the main challenges for navai and shah. even little things like getting to a location where we re going to film someone was a very kind of convoluted kind of process which took a lot of thought. we d go different routes, stop at a cafe first, then maybe ramita would go off by ourselves, get in a taxi with someone, i ll do a different route, i would rendezvous somewhere.
when the taliban seized control of afghanistan in august 2021, the increasingly media savvy group claimed they would respect women s rights. film makers ramita navai and kareem shah s film exposes the harsh realities for women under taliban rule. media restrictions and consequences for speaking to journalists make it difficult to report from afghanistan. and this was one of the main challenges for navai and shah. even little things like getting to a location where we re going to film someone was a very kind of convoluted kind of process which took a lot of thought. we d go different routes, stop at a cafe first, then maybe ramita would go off by ourselves, get in a taxi with someone, i ll do a different route, i would rendezvous somewhere. and like working in afghanistan now, it s fine. as long as you re doing something which the taliban are kind of ok with.
when the taliban seized control of afghanistan in august 2021, the increasingly media savvy group claimed they would respect women s rights. film makers ramita navai and kareem shah s film exposes the harsh realities for women under taliban rule. media restrictions and consequences for speaking to journalists make it difficult to report from afghanistan. and this was one of the main challenges for navai and shah. even little things like getting to a location where we re going to film someone was a very kind of convoluted kind of process, which took a lot of thought. we d go different routes, stop at a cafe first, then maybe we would go off by ourselves, get in a taxi with someone.
film makers ramita navai and kareem shah s film exposes the harsh realities for women under taliban rule. media restrictions and consequences for speaking to journalists make it difficult to report from afghanistan. and this was one of the main challenges for navai and shah. even little things like getting to a location where we re going to film someone was a very kind of convoluted kind of process, which took a lot of thought. we d go different routes, stop at a cafe first, then maybe we would go off by ourselves, get in a taxi with someone. i ll do a different route. i would rendezvous somewhere. and like working in afghanistan now, it s fine. as long as you re doing something which the taliban are kind of ok with. if you re doing anything that they don t like, then you ve got to be really careful. in a sequence filmed secretly in herat prison, the team meet women being held by the taliban without trial or charge.
The United States voiced alarm Tuesday over restrictions on the media in Pakistan, citing the silencing of a television network supportive of former prime minister Imran Khan.