Paramount+ To Debut ‘Afghan Dreamers’ May 23, “Harrowing Story” Of All-Girls Robotics Team Menaced By Taliban Rule
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The award-winning documentary Afghan Dreamers will exclusively premiere on Paramount+ on May 23, ahead of an expected Emmy push for the documentary about an all-girl robotics team in Afghanistan.
Emmy winner Sheila Nevins and Oscar winner Ellen Goosenberg Kent executive produce the feature from MTV Documentary Films. David Greenwald directs and David Cowan and Beth Murphy produce the documentary, winner of Best Human Rights Film award at Galway Film Fleadh in Ireland and the Audience Award for Tiempo de Historia at the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain. “Afghan Dreamers tells the harrowing story of an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan as they struggle to succeed in international competitions,” notes a description of the film, “while combating their male-dominated culture under the threat of Taliban rule.” In the U.S., the documentary has screened at numerous festivals including Dallas, Boulder, Cleveland, Montclair, and SCAD Savannah.
In a statement, Nevins said, “I will forever think of the bravery of these Afghan girls who left their country under gunfire and found peace in Europe, only to insist that one day they will be able to go back home and teach Robotics to a younger generation of girls.” “Imagine knowing that the Taliban has you in its sights and persisting anyway,” Goosenberg Kent observed. “The young women in our film are beyond brave.
They are visionary and unflinching in urging the world not to forget the girls and women who cannot escape the Taliban’s brutal repression.
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