Short Documentary / 13 min. / USA, Afghanistan
A Short Documentary by Beth Murphy
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ecret Weapon connects climate change, conflict and girls’ education in Afghanistan by telling the stories of farmers and families grappling with the impacts of drought. Desperate for income, some farmers begin growing illegal and extremist-linked opium poppy while others find an unlikely solution to their crisis: girls’ education. Filmed over the course of two years in Kabul, Herat and Kunar provinces.
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