MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN

Afghan-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi follows her father's return to Afghanistan to battle one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.  Beginning his work at Kabul’s Laura Bush Maternity Ward in a city where unrest means your life is still very much at risk, Dr. Qudrat Mojadidi tries to bring hope and make the best of a deplorable situation, with limited medical supplies and archaic equipment. A rare and moving glimpse of the power of compassion set against the backdrop of a land in turmoil and transition.