I have seen this movie on television and it made me quite upset. It shows the problems of Afghan refugee children who want to learn but many of them aren't allowed to join an official school. Especially girls are still very afraid and misled by Mullahs.
The problem with this movie is that it comes along as a documentary. I didn't realize that it was a movie and NOT a documentary. There were several scenes when I thought "Strange, how were they able to film this? Why does the girl allow them to film her now but not a few minutes ago? And why do those little girls talk to each other in such a mature way? They use phrases that sound odd from a little girl's mouth." Only today I realized that it was a movie. I think it should be clear if a piece of media is imagination or documentation. Otherwise the audience is misled.
The problem with this movie is that it comes along as a documentary. I didn't realize that it was a movie and NOT a documentary. There were several scenes when I thought "Strange, how were they able to film this? Why does the girl allow them to film her now but not a few minutes ago? And why do those little girls talk to each other in such a mature way? They use phrases that sound odd from a little girl's mouth." Only today I realized that it was a movie. I think it should be clear if a piece of media is imagination or documentation. Otherwise the audience is misled.