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The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2004)
Directed by Liz Mermin
“After decades of war and the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan need... a makeover?”
Documentary · 1h 14m
What happens when a group of hairdressers from America travel to Kabul with the intention of telling Afghan women how to do hair and makeup? This engaging, optimistic documentary tracks a unique development project: a shiny new beauty school, funded in part by beauty-industry mainstays, which sets out to teach the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to practicing and aspiring Afghan hairdressers and beauticians. The American teachers, all volunteers, include three Afghan-Americans returning home for the first time in over twenty years. The Beauty Academy of Kabul offers a rare glimpse into Afghan women’s lives, and documents the poignant and often humorous process through which women with very different experiences of life come to learn about one another.
Crew
- Director
- Liz Mermin
- Director of Photography
- Lynda Hall
- Editor
- Liz Mermin
- Producer
- Nigel Noble, Marcella Steingart, Liz Mermin
Details
- Release date
- 2004-05-04
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Box office
- $225,399