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Osama
The first movie produced by Afghanistan filmmakers after the fall of the Taliban, Osama is a searing portrait of life under the oppressive fundamentalist regime. Because women are not allowed to work, a widow disguises her young daughter as a boy so they won't starve to death. Simply walking the streets is frightening enough, but when the disguised girl is rounded up with all the boys in the town for religious training, her peril becomes absolutely harrowing. The movie captures both her plight and the miseries of daily life in spare, vivid images.
- Monday, February 6, 7 p.m., Northwest Film Center, Guild Theater
829 SW Park Ave., Portland - Saturday, February 11, 3:30 p.m., Hillsdale Library
- Tuesday, February 28, 6:30 p.m., North Portland Library