Love Crimes Of Kabul (2011)

Description: Of the 125 prisoners at Badam Bagh Women's Prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, approximately half are there for crimes like drug smuggling, murder and attempted suicide bombing. The others are imprisoned for "moral crimes" that include running away from home, adultery and premarital sex. Nine years after the fall of the Taliban, in a society where seeds of change are sprouting, but strict moral and legal codes of Sharia Family Law still apply, Iranian-American filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian (HBO's "Be Like Others") goes behind the walls of Badam Bagh to give voice to three of these women. Shining a light on the pressures and paradoxes Afghan females face today - and the dangerous consequences when they refuse to fit in - LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL debuts MONDAY, JULY 11 (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.