Film
The Beauty Academy of Kabul
2004 · 1h 14m · Documentary
After decades of war and the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan need... a makeover?
- IMDb
- 6.7
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87%
- Metacritic
- 68
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Overview
What happens when a group of hairdressers from America travel to Kabul with the intention of telling Afghan women how to do hair and makeup? This engaging, optimistic documentary tracks a unique development project: a shiny new beauty school, funded in part by beauty-industry mainstays, which sets out to teach the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to practicing and aspiring Afghan hairdressers and beauticians. The American teachers, all volunteers, include three Afghan-Americans returning home for the first time in over twenty years. The Beauty Academy of Kabul offers a rare glimpse into Afghan women’s lives, and documents the poignant and often humorous process through which women with very different experiences of life come to learn about one another.
Crew
- Liz MerminEditor · Producer · Director
- Nigel NobleProducer
- Marcella SteingartProducer
- Linda SaetreExecutive Producer
- Sheri LevineExecutive Producer
- Nick FraserExecutive Producer
- Lynda HallDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- May 4, 2004
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Revenue
- $225,399
- Genres
- Documentary
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