Enemies of Happiness

Enemies of Happiness

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 21, 2006

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

59%

Original Title

Vores lykkes fjender

Director

Anja Al Erhayem

Description

In September 2005, Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 35 years. Among the candidates for 249 assembly seats was Malalai Joya, a courageous, controversial 27-year-old woman who had ignited outrage among hard-liners when she spoke out against corrupt warlords at the Grand Council of tribal elders in 2003. Enemies of Happiness is a revelatory portrait of this extraordinary freedom fighter and the way she won the hearts of voters, as well as a snapshot of life and politics in war-torn Afghanistan.