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A comparative portrait of two strong Afghan personalities, as seen through the eyes and the daily life of two exceptional women: Habiba Sorabi and Aïcha Habibi. The first personifies emerging democratic power; the second, the autocratic power of the warlords in remote provinces. Together, they represent the current rift in Afghanistan, except that it has nothing to do with bearded men in turbans, but rather two women of power in a world of men. How did they impose themselves? How do they exercise their authority? Is their way of governing different from that of men? How do their people perceive them? Are they moving for the liberation of women or merely perpetuating age-old inequalities? One bears the title of "wali" (governor) and the other “commander”. One answers to the authorities in Kabul; the other is loyal to the Mudjahadins who fought the Russians during the war, then then Taliban. Yet both are respected as "The Mothers of All".

Belgium - 2007 - 56 mn - HD - Colour

Director Hadja Lahbib Writer Hadja Lahbib Camera Louis-Philippe Capelle Sound Benoît Bruwier Editing Monique Rysselinck, Bertrand Menut

Production Les Passeurs de Lumière, 15, rue de Vrière, 1020 Laeken, Belgique Tél : +32 4 7520 3138 E-mail : lespasseursdelumiere@yahoo.com Co-Production Les Films de la Passerelle, Radiotélévision belge de la communauté française, Casa Kafka Pictures with the  participation of France 3, Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse, Radio Canada, Teilifis Na Gaeilge

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