The Beauty Academy of Kabul

Name: The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-05-04
Duration: 1 h 14 min
Rating: 6.7

20042004
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6.7/10

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A documentary following American women (some of whom emigrated from Afghanistan in the early 1980s) who return to the capital city of Kabul to open an American-style school for beauticians. ... Read allA documentary following American women (some of whom emigrated from Afghanistan in the early 1980s) who return to the capital city of Kabul to open an American-style school for beauticians. Some of their students are women who maintained "underground" beauty salons while the city... Read allA documentary following American women (some of whom emigrated from Afghanistan in the early 1980s) who return to the capital city of Kabul to open an American-style school for beauticians. Some of their students are women who maintained "underground" beauty salons while the city was under strict Taliban control.

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6.7/10

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Director
- Liz Mermin

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