Women’s rights · Wardak · Kabul · Afghanistan
Land Without Women
Film by Vanessa Schlesier
About the film
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have issued decree after decree excluding women from education, employment and public life. Yet many refuse to be silenced. The film follows women who resist with quiet courage and determination, preserving their dignity in a country whose rulers are trying to erase them from view.
Credits
- Year
- 2025
- Broadcaster
- NZZ Format / SRF
- Length
- Long version: 50 minutes · Short version: 30 minutes
- A film by
- Vanessa Schlesier
- Themes
- Afghanistan · women’s rights
Press
“Filmmaker Vanessa Schlesier has made a moving film about some of Afghanistan’s last female doctors and teachers. Getting into the country as a journalist at all was a coup.”