Sharp Edge of Peace, The

[Screened Apr. 27 at 1 p.m. at the Sciotiabank Theater 7 and Apr. 28 at 11 a.m. at the TIFF Lightbox Theatre in Toronto, Ont., as part of the 2024 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival that runs Apr. 25-May 5; for more information, log on to https://hotdocs.ca.] Roya Sadat's educational, powerful, eye-opening, poignant, insightful, ire-inducing, thought-provoking, 95-minute documentary that follows four brave, smart, passionate, and tenacious female Afghan peace negotiators, including Fawzia Koofi, Fatima Gailani, Dr. Habiba Sarabi, and Sharifa Zumati, who work with the Taliban in an ultimately futile attempt to safeguard women's rights in Afghanistan after they took control of the government in 2021 and consists of commentary by U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, Taliban's chief negotiator and Taliban delegation leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, state minister of peace affairs Sayed Sadat Naderi, Taliban spokesperson Dr. Naeem Wardak, U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo, Norwegian foreign minister Ine Eriksen Søreide, Afghanistan chief executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan Reconciliation U.S. Special representative Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Afghanistan Ross Wilson, and U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier.
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