Celebrate Women's Day with a screening of the film "View from a Grain of Sand" from filmmaker Meena Nanji. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Meena Nanji. When: Saturday, March 10th @ 11am Where: Laemmle's One Colorado Theatre 42 Miller Alley Old Pasadena, CA 91103 Tickets:
Synopsis: Combining vérité footage, interviews and archival material, Los Angeles based film maker, Meena Nanji has fashioned a harrowing, thought-provoking, yet intimate portrait of the plight of Afghan women in the last 30 years from the rule of King Mohammed Zahir Shah to the current Hamid Karzai government to the activist work of RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Over a period of five years, she spent months in a refugee camp in Pakistan, where she documented the efforts of three women to rebuild their lives and help others in the process: Shapire, a teacher; Roeena, a physician; and Wajeeha, a social activist.
Seating is limited
Please call send an email rawasupporterssouthcal@hotmail.com to reserve tickets. All proceeds will benefit RAWA's social programs.
For more information please visit www.afghanwomensmission.org.
Sponsored by RAWA Supporters Southern California and Afghan Women's Mission Co-Sponsored By: AWARE – Long Beach, Code Pink, Global Voices for Justice, Los Angeles Greens and Office of the Americas
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