THE LAST AMBASSADOR
Natalie Halla / 2025 / 80’ / Austria
The Afghan ambassador in Vienna, Manizha Bakhtari, has found herself in a bizarre situation: she represents a country whose old government has fled and whose new Taliban government is not recognized internationally. Despite financial and logistical isolation, Manizha Bakhtari is defying the Taliban to continue her fight for the rights of Afghan women and girls as an ambassador. Through her ‘Daughters’ programme, she enables secret education to Afghan schoolgirls while organising political resistance against the Taliban.
29.09, 18:30, ODEON CINEMA: SCREENING + Q&A
In partnership with the Embassy of Austria.