Social Justice

Documentarian Helps Afghan Women’s Soccer Club Flee to Italy

Risks To Female Athletes Heightened Under New Regime Italian documentarian and journalist Stefano Liberti made the news last after helping 3 members of a women’s soccer club in Afghanistan, their families and coach find refuge in Italy. The filmmaker/journalist was able help the group after ex-team captain Susan Bastan contacted him via facebook Bastan was […]

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How Documentary Community Can Help Afghan Refugees Seeking Aid & Asylum

D-WORD JOINS WITH AFGHAN RESOURCES PROJECT, REQUIRES URGENT FUNDING After several weeks working to help move Afghani colleagues and associates out of harms’ way, longtime SDFF compatriot, the D-Word online community has combined efforts with the Afghan Resources Project, a coalition of predominantly BIPOC and/or queer lawyers and Afghan organizers. The partnership is a way of ensuring that the hard

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Plight Of Afghan Translators Echoes 2019’s “From Baghdad To The Bay”

SDFF 2019 Selection Gives Context, Human Stakes to Heated Public Discourse The recent withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has triggered intense public discourse about the fate of translators and other contractors who helped the U.S. military effort and are now at-risk in their own country. The situation and its fevered politicization echo the U.S. departure

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