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Laila at the Bridge

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TIFF Bell Lightbox 2Mon, Apr 30 6:30 PM Buy  
 
Isabel Bader TheatreTue, May 1 10:30 AM Buy  
 
Scotiabank Theatre 7Fri, May 4 8:30 PM Buy  
 
Film Info
Runtime:96
Copyright:2017
Country Listing:Canada
Afghanistan
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Rating:R
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:Dari
Pashto
Subtitles:Full Subtitles
Program Categories:The Good Fight
Film Subjects:Activism
Health, Mental Health & Addition
Her Story
Other Tags:A. Add custom info from screening schedule – things not included in pull a. Big Ideas – guests and
Website:http://www.facebook.com/lailaatthebridge
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Elizabeth Mirzaei
Gulistan Mirzaei
Producer(s):Ina Fichman
Editor(s):Andrea Henriquez
Cinematography:Elizabeth Mirzaei
Music:Jessica Moss

Description

Laila Haidari is one self-described badass Afghan woman. She has to be when her work takes her deep beneath Kabul Bridge, to a place where Afghan women and men come to shoot up heroin and forget the hardships of their lives. Laila has made it her mission to provide much-needed treatment and housing to those willing to leave that life behind. To finance her work, she runs a restaurant that employs recovering addicts who live in her treatment facilities. Facing imminent bankruptcy, laughably inept government officials and even a death threat, her resolve to help those who cannot help themselves is tested time and again. As inspiring as it is heartbreaking, Laila at the Bridge honours a fierce woman and tireless protector in a country struggling with a massive epidemic. Aisha Jamal

 
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