“The Beauty Academy of Kabul” is a documentary about a group of Americans who go to Afghanistan to teach hairdressing techniques. It (somewhat unexpectedly) sounds really interesting. Here is a BBC interview with the director, Liz Mermin. The film isn’t playing here in South Carolina yet, but the film’s website lists places it can be seem now, and someday it will get here (or become available on Netflix!). Learned about it via Ezster at Crooked Timber.
–Ann Bartow
