PostSeptember11,MohsenMakhmalbaftracksthechildrenwhodonotattendschoolinthebordervillagesbetweenIranandAfghanistanwithhisdigitalcameraandquestionswhytheyarenotbeingeducated.HefindsgirlsstudyinginUNICEFclassesinoneregion.OneofthegirlsisnotwillingtocomeoutofherburqadespitethefactthatshehasrunawayfromAfghanistanandtheTalibanarenotpresenthere.SheismoreafraidofthehorrifyinggodthattheTalibanhavecreatedmorethantheTaliban.Theteachertries…Director'scommentary:TheTalibanwasnotapoliticalregimeinAfghanistanbuttheyarestillaculture.Bombardingcanruinapoliticalregimebutitcannotchangeaculture.Youcannotfreeawomanwhomisimprisonedintheburqawitharocket.TheAfghangirlneedseducation.Shedoesn’tknowthatshedoesn’tknow.Sheisimprisonedbutshedoesnotknowthatsheisaprisonerofpoverty,ignorance,prejudice,malechauvinismandsuperstition.95%ofthewomenand80%ofthemeninAfghanistandidnothavethechancetoattendschoolevenbeforetheTaliban.ThefilmseeksthelostkeytobeabletoopenthelockoftheculturalproblemsofAfghanistan.FromtheIMDB:In2002about3millionAfghanRefugeewerelivinginIran.Fromthoseabout700,000wereAfghanChildrenwhowerenotallowedtogotoIranianschoolsbecauseoftheirillegalstatusinIran.Afterthismoviewasmade,thissubjectbecamecontroversialandfinallytheIranianMajlis(Parliament)passedabillinwhichtheAfghanichildrenwereallowedtogotoschoolanditresultedin500,000kidsgettingeducation.
