Siah Gerd

Nadia Hossaini | Afghanistan | 2010 | 14 mins

Siah Gerd Synopsis

For impoverished women in Afghanistan, opium soothes their pain and sedates their children whose sleep allows mothers to do the work that will keep everyone alive.

Siah Gerd was an official selection of the 2011 WVN Online Film Festival.

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