20 Oct 2004
Director: Siddiq Barmak
Afghanistan
2003
82 min
In Afganistan, the Taliban close the factory where a 12 year old girl and her mother work. They forbid women to leave their houses without a male ‘legal companion’. The males in their family are dead. The mother has nowhere to turn, so she disguises her daughter as a boy. The girl, now called Osama, embarks on a terrifying journey as she attempts to Keep her identity hidden from the Taliban. Based on a true story, this is the first Afghan film to be shot since the fall of the Taliban and won the 2004 Golden Globe.