Sunday, August 13, 2006

beauty academy of kabul

my new-ish friend, angela, sent an email this week inviting some of the ladies out to see this movie at the nick. i put it in my head that i wanted to see it ever since i heard a report about it on NPR. plus, it's the night before the big day, as i just stated, so i thought it'd do me some good to get out.

this was a really interesting movie, especially as someone who has aspirations of moving and working abroad. i'd definitely recommend it. the typically-opinionated american chauvenism is well-stated and should remind us all that our ways and views are not always the ways and views of others, nor are they always the best. however, the documentary is also a reminder that even the smallest things that people do to help others can create real and lasting change. both should be lessons for us all.

1 comment:

St. Elizabeth of Cayce said...

Glad you enjoyed it. Izzy & I went for the Sunday matinee and were amazed at the cluelessness of both of the American women (esp. the one who looked like Liza Minelli.)

I was also so heartened by the joy these women could have in the midst of their horrible circumstances.