The Beauty Academy of Kabul(2004)

The Beauty Academy of Kabul Synopsis

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.

The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2004) is a documentary film directed by Liz Mermin, released on May 4, 2004 with a runtime of 1h 14m. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.