Movie Review

The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2006)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Mar 31, 2006
EW's GRADE
B

Details Limited Release: Mar 24, 2006; Rated: Unrated; Genre: Documentary; Distributor: Shadow Distribution

Six American hairdressers set up a school to train Kabul women in the business of hair and makeup, eager to free their Afghan sisters from the tyranny of bad perms. This is not fiction.

Originally posted Mar 31, 2006 Published in issue #871 Apr 07, 2006 Order article reprints
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