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Jennifer Lawrence Says Family “Encouraged Me Not” to Produce “Dangerous” Taliban Doc ‘Bread and Roses’

The Hollywood Reporter
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Jennifer Lawrence faces family pressure and online backlash for producing a 'dangerous' Taliban documentary, 'Bread and Roses', to give voice to the plight of Afghan women.
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  • Lawrence's family and friends warned her against producing the film, calling it 'dangerous', but the Oscar winner felt compelled to give a platform to the stories of 20 million Afghan women whose lives are in jeopardy under Taliban rule.
  • Despite being trolled for her lack of formal education, Lawrence defends her right to use her filmmaking expertise to amplify these crucial stories, stating, 'It's not political, it's people's lives.'
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