Released
Enemies of Happiness
November 21 2006 (almost 18 years ago)Rating
59
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- Directors: Anja Al Erhayem, Eva Mulvad
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 58 m
- Countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway
In September 2005, Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 35 years. Among the candidates for 249 assembly seats was Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old woman who had ignited outrage among hard-liners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003. Enemies of Happiness is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters, as well as a snapshot of life and politics in war-torn Afghanistan.
