As the Taliban grow closer to taking over the country, this prescient documentary puts us on the ground with Nilofar, a member of parliament, and Shakila, a television journalist, who must face a choice between motherhood and their personal devotion to reform in Afghanistan.

 Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi journeys to the heart of this medical tragedy by following her father’s return to Afghanistan to battle one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

A short documentary for Guardian Media that follows tow clerics who face death threats for promoting family planning in country where one in 50 women dies of causes related to pregnancy.