Sedika Mojadidi
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A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally.
Jaha's Promise

Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in this thought-provoking documentary filmed in the wake of the United States' invasion of the region. In a country where one in seven women dies during childbirth, many women are willing to travel for days to receive adequate care from a trained professional.
Motherland Afghanistan

After international withdrawal from Afghanistan, two remarkable Afghan women working within the government and media struggle to maintain their hard-won rights while balancing what’s best for their families.
Facing the Dragon

Real Fake War is a deeply personal documentary that tells the story of Travis "TJ" Truax, a Marine Corps combat veteran struggling to cope with PTSD and the loss of his friends to suicide through war reenacting.
Real Fake War
A timid bachelor plans a romantic proposal at a secluded outdoor location, only to face a nightmarish dilemma when a mosquito bites his girlfriend and she undergoes a feral transformation, pushing him to a heart-wrenching choice between his own survival or his girlfriend’s.