'An Unfinished Journey' celebrates North American premiere at Hot Docs
Talia Ricci | CBC News | Posted: April 26, 2024 9:00 AM | Last Updated: April 26
Hot Docs Festival runs April 25 to May 5
When the Taliban come to power in Afghanistan in 2021, four women — three former Members of Parliament and a journalist — were stripped of their positions and their rights overnight.
They've since resettled in Canada.
An Unfinished Journey shares their stories.
"They're strong, they're incredible, but they're also welcoming and warm and lovely and they showed such a resilience," said Toronto-based co-director Aeyliya Husain.
Husain says the film sheds light on how heartbroken the women are to be separated from their families, and for those they've left behind.
Despite what they've been through, the women continue to mobilize and raise awareness.
Husain hopes the film encourages more people — including national and international leaders — to recognize the oppression these women are facing.
"If we allow a country and a regime like the Taliban to strip half a population of their human rights and no one does anything, what makes us think that's not going to happen in another country?" Husain said.
An Unfinished Journey is playing Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.