Afghan Filmmaker’s 'Bread & Roses ' To Be Broadcast On Apple TV Plus

Apple TV Plus, Apple's movie and series streaming service, announced that it will begin airing the documentary "Bread and Roses" on November 22 of this year.

The film, made by Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, explores the lives and struggles of some women in the early weeks after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.

The documentary about the resilience of Afghan women under the Taliban's rule was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is the producer of "Bread and Roses”.

The film was made by Excellent Cadaver, a film company that Jennifer Lawrence started in 2018 with her friend Justine Polsky.

In 2018, Sahra Mani, the director of this film, made another film called "A Thousand Girls Like Me" about Afghan women.

When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, they imposed sweeping restrictions on women in the public and private spheres. A number of Afghan women protested against the Taliban's policies in different cities. The Taliban's response to the women's protests was to suppress, detain, and torture the protesters.