i’m always wary of projects that fit in too well with the imperialist agenda. watch what obaid-chinoy says about american military withdrawal from afghanistan at 3.10. yes, acid attacks r an incomprehensible horror but this conversation should be happening inside of pakistan, not in the u.s. where the answer to women’s rights in third world countries is to bomb and occupy them. this film should have been made in punjabi and urdu and it should have premiered in pakistani villages. also missing from this conversation is the larger geographical context for this kind of “culture” – cambodia, vietnam, nepal, uganda, india, pakistan, bangladesh and afghanistan.
check out the interview with amanpour here.