REEL Outdoors: Afghan Cycles

2050 Main Street,Bethlehem NH 03574

12 August, 2021

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REEL Outdoors: Afghan Cycles Director: Sarah Menzies, Brooklyn Film Festival 2018, Festival Award for Best Documentary Feature, Seattle International Film Festival 2018, Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary. English subtitles Following a new generation of young Afghan women cyclists, Afghan Cycles uses the bicycle to tell a story of women’s rights—human rights—and the struggles faced by Afghan women on a daily basis, from discrimination to abuse, to the oppressive silencing of their voices in all aspects of contemporary society. These women ride despite cultural barriers, despite infrastructure, and despite death threats, embracing the power and freedom that comes with the sport. “A much more complex, multi-layered portrait of Afghanistan than has been see in the West for many a year.” —Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film REEL Outdoors series is sponsored by North Country Climbing Center The Colonial Theatre is the home of arts, film, music and culture in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The 300-seat theater offers state-of-the-art digital projection and surround sound for independent and world cinema, and hosts Grammy award-winning performing artists and family entertainment from May through October—all without losing the intimate charm of a vintage summer theater.