Product Details

• Actors: Dr. Qudrat Mojadidi
• Directors: Sedika Mojadidi
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
• DVD Release Date: March 20, 2007
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LPS4M0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,288 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Motherland Afghanistan" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN - DVD Movie

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving story of compassion, unforgettable, April 28, 2007

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John Bald (Maine, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motherland Afghanistan (DVD)

I watched this movie tonight and I'm sure I'll never forget it. This is the real world, real people, real problems. Dr. Mojadidi is an interesting character himself, and we see him leave his lovely comfortable home in the U.S. to travel to a poor, dusty land to help a few Afghani patients and to teach the determined Afghani doctors. You'll watch a lot of it and say Wow. Very human, with a mixture of strength and love and misery and hope. Thank you, Ms. Mojadidi, for introducing the world to your father. He is an inspiration.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an afghani doctor and his family, May 22, 2008

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jibli - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motherland Afghanistan (DVD)

this is a very well-made and quite moving documentary about an afghani doctor and his family who return after many years in the u.s.a. to help out in the post-taliban era...........the only thing i can complain about is that instead of afghani musicians doing the soundtrack they have used westerners, but they're not offensive.... there is, however, a brief song by a hazara rubab player....the doctor reminds me of the iraqi journalist in "control room", doing his best in a very difficult situation....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cultural Arts Center of Saint Louis recommends, July 7, 2009

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Linsey A. Daman (Saint Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motherland Afghanistan (DVD)

One in Seven Afghan women die in childbirth. An Afghan doctor struggles to make a difference.

Dr. Mojadidi, a specialist in women's health, decides to return to his war-ravaged homeland to help rebuild and modernize the hospitals and clinics which serve the women of Afghanistan. Motherland Afghanistan is an inspiring portrait of dedication and fortitude in some of the most harsh and unforgiving physical, political and cultural terrains on Earth.

CAC's Comments: In Afghanistan, if you wanted to have surgery you must pre-purchase your own suture material and gauze at a pharmacy before going to the hospital. Not much is provided for you and the same goes for medicines. After International donations and non-profit funding, certain Afghan hospitals have had the opportunity to modernize their standards and health codes.