Hear Liz Mermin and Shaima Ali discussing the film on NPR's Fresh Air LA TIMES THE NEW YORK TIMES SEATTLE TIMES "Much like those wickedly funny "South Park" episodes about well-intended but presumptuous liberals attempting to save the world without having a clue about what's really going on, "The Beauty Academy of Kabul" is sometimes a portrait of misguided activism." BOSTON GLOBE BOSTON HERALD BALTIMORE SUN SALON.COM "The Beauty Academy of Kabul" is a spiny, puzzling and highly entertaining film, and whatever you go into it thinking, you're likely to come out thinking something else." - Andrew O'Hehir TV GUIDE "Liz Mermin's warm, funny and hugely entertaining documentary follows a group of determined American and English hairdressers as they fearlessly attempt to help build a future for the war-ravaged country by founding a beauty academy in downtown Kabul." NEWARK STAR LEDGER "Freedom is beautiful, but sometimes beauty is freedom, too." - Stephen Whitty REEL COM "A touching and gently funny testament to the resilience of the Afghan women, INDIEWIRE "an irresistibly moving documentary" SLANT MAGAZINE "Allows cross-cultural conversations about love, relationships, and marriage to convey the beauty school's potential for cultivating hope in a more progressive future." VARIETY "The anomalies are manifold: Gun-toting soldiers patrolling the streets are visible through the windows as rookie beauticians busily snip, perm and tweeze... ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The four films that had Tribeca HONOLULU WEEKLY "Both funny and moving, this vérité doc gets at something important through the most unlikely of means... the movie, about an unimportant subject, shows us more than we could have guessed about culture clashes and the will to survive. Its well worth seeing." THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE "A fascinating look at a war-torn area we know only superficially from news headlines" AIN'T IT COOL NEWS "Never has a woman getting her hair done seemed so touching and so assertive REEL REVIEWER.COM "No matter what gender you are this film will touch you with its undeniable humanity... THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL Beauty Academy Brings out the face of war-ravaged Afghanistan"uplifting" THE INDEPENDENT (UK) **************************************** WNYC: The Leonard Lopate Show ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC WORLD
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