'A Letter to the President' critiques patriarchy in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's entry for the Oscars this year " "A Letter to the President" " is a strong film that criticizes the patriarchal hegemony prevalent in Afghanistan. The film directed by Roya Sadat concentrates on the strong female characters who build up a sort of resistance to the oppressive State and society. The central character of the film is a female officer in the Kabul Crime Division named Soraya who is in an abu…