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Jennifer Lawrence Produced Documentary About Women in Afghanistan as an 'Antithesis of the 24-Hour News Cycle'

Jennifer Lawrence produced 'Bread and Roses', a documentary following women in Afghanistan as the Taliban retook control of the country 2021, to remind people about their struggle under the oppressive regime.

The result is the new documentary Bread and Roses, directed by Sahra Mani and produced by Academy Award winner Lawrence, 34, through her production company Excellent Cadaver. Lawrence and producing partner Justine Ciarrochi were familiar with filmmaker Mani through her 2021 documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me, which followed an Afghan woman in her 20s seeking justice for sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. While three of the women featured in the movie have since left the country, the situation has worsened as the Taliban maintains its grip on Afghanistan more than three years after much of the footage in the documentary was captured.

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