For many in Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world where 12.4 million people live in acute food insecurity, bread makes up the largest part of meals.

Sharifa Movahidzadeh is one of the three protesters profiled in Bread & Roses, the documentary film about Taliban policies that restrict the rights of women. The film is now streaming on Apple TV+.

Kabul: Every day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning out thousands of traditional flatbreads -- the staple of every Afghan meal.

NPR 'Bread & Roses' is a guerrilla film about Afghan women protesters Getting footage from the ground was essential for filmmaker Sahra Mani, the director of Bread & Roses. Her documentary, which ...

The title, Bread & Roses, is inspired by the protestors' slogan -- Naan, Kar, Azaadi (Bread, Work, Freedom) — and also echoes a phrase used by the early women's suffrage movement in the United ...

Afghan baker Jamil Ghafori (L) preparing traditional flatbreads locally known as Naan, at a bakery in Kabul. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) ...