SUNDAY APRIL 23, 2006, At 6:30 PM

POLITICAL CINEMA

SEPTEMBER 11

A Short Film By
KEN LOACH
In English

The effects of 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different point of views around the world. Ken Loach view is extremely shocking and intensely moving.

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at 7:00 PM

To save her family, a girl must become a boy. Her story is true. Her name is:

OSAMA

A film written and Directed by

Siddiq Barmak

Special Guests: Jahan and Zaman Stanizai

After the brutal Taliban regime bans women from working and forbids them to leave their homes without a male escort, a 12-year-old girl and her mother find themselves on the brink of starvation.

With nowhere left to turn, the mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called “Osama,” the young girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey, as she tries to keep the Taliban from discovering her true identity.

With English Subtitles

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