Afghan Director Roya Sadat Battles Exile, Taliban Rule to Complete Tokyo Bound ‘Sima’s Song’: ‘Women Have Fewer Rights Than a Convict’

Roya Sadat’s latest feature “Sima’s Song,” world premiering at the Tokyo International Film Festival, chronicles a pivotal moment in Afghanistan’s history through the lens of two college students in 1978. The drama follows a wealthy Communist and a poor Muslim woman as they navigate the country’s socialist transition, Soviet invasion and the emergence of anti-Soviet […]