The film we watched this past week certainly dealt with the same kind of elements our readings have- hope, tragedy, facing tough odds, and unfamiliar situations for Western nation audiences. Easily the most graphic situation occurred when the baby of just a few weeks passed away. You know the nurses and doctor had done everything they could to keep it alive, but the resources were not available. Reading about this is one thing. We as readers have imaginations that produce the images we read about. But to actually view it on a screen? That brings a different kind of meaning to the term devastation. It also allows for a greater sense of appreciation of how hard each person over there works just to get through a day. We all saw the pain the mother she was in just to give birth to the premature child. To see her lose her baby was hard enough on the viewer never mind her.
If Afghanistan ever gets the reliable resources they need to become a functional nation, it truly will be a landmark event. The film may have looked like a bleak situation, which it was. But it also showed a sign of significant hope with the Women's hospital being opened as well as Afghan nurses being trained. The amount of tragedy Afghans undergo everyday whether it is failed pregnancies, terrorism, etc., is something this world needs to look out for. Thankfully, films like Motherland Afghanistan help send the word out on such unbelievable horrors so at least some help can arise.
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