It is Manizha Bakhtari’s conviction that one day soon, she, her family and all refugees from Afghanistan will be able to return to their beloved homeland. Since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, she remains her country’s only female ambassador, even though she is no longer recognized by its current government. From her (now unofficial) office in Vienna, and despite constant threats to her safety, Bakhtari defiantly fights gender discrimination, secretly educating Afghan schoolgirls through her Daughters programme and relentlessly mobilizing the international political community to join her cause. A devoted mother and wife, she is also the daughter of the renowned Afghan poet Wasef Bakhtari. Through extraordinary access, The Last Ambassador leads us to an understanding of why Bakhtari is risking her life. The film intimately captures a woman deeply committed to her people, her culture and her land, which is so close, and yet unreachable. Bakhtari reminds us that we cannot continue to look away from the women of Afghanistan. Simone Estrin.
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