The Beauty Academy of Kabul

After decades of war and the Taliban, the women of Afghanistan need... a makeover?

7.0(1)20041h 14m1

What happens when a group of hairdressers from America travel to Kabul with the intention of telling Afghan women how to do hair and makeup? This engaging, optimistic documentary tracks a unique development project: a shiny new beauty school, funded in part by beauty-industry mainstays, which sets out to teach the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to practicing and aspiring Afghan hairdressers and beauticians. The American teachers, all volunteers, include three Afghan-Americans returning home for the first time in over twenty years. The Beauty Academy of Kabul offers a rare glimpse into Afghan women’s lives, and documents the poignant and often humorous process through which women with very different experiences of life come to learn about one another.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$225.4K
Language
English
  • afghanistan
  • beauty salon
  • woman director

Behind the camera

Director

Liz Mermin

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical4 May 2004

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The Beauty Academy of Kabul was released on 4 May 2004.

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