Osama

Last night we watched a film called, Osama. It was made in Afghanistan after the Taliban was forced from power. The title does not refer to the terrorist, but to a twelve-year-old girl, and her experiences living under the Taliban. The actors and actresses are amateur actors and all residents of Afghanistan.

It portrays a brutally abusive combination of tyrannical religiosity and governmental power. By portraying the dehumanization and abuse of women under the Taliban's version of Islam, it becomes a powerful statement of how much Christianity has done for the status of women and their quality of life in history.