Sunday, July 29, 2012
Beyond Belief (2007) 92 min
Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the
affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning
inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the
terrorists who took their husbands' lives were trained: Afghanistan.
Over the course of two years, as they cope with loss and struggle to
raise their families as single mothers, these extraordinary women
dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been
ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression - factors they
consider to be the root causes of terrorism. As Susan and Patti make the
courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most
desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each
other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a
profound way to move beyond tragedy. From the ruins of the World Trade
Center to those of Kabul and back, theirs is a journey of personal
strength and international reconciliation, and a testament to the vision
that peace can be forged - one woman at a time.
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