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Byline: John Powers
Once the Taliban were ousted in 2001, most Afghan people wanted to get back to a normal life, be it watching TV or getting their hair done. The Beauty Academy of Kabul follows a handful of American hairdressers who went to Kabul and, with the help of Vogue and several key players in the beauty industry, set up a small beauty school for the locals. Even as director Liz Mermin offers touching proof of the enduring power of beauty-in harsh times, people want to look better to feel better-her film neatly documents the cultural abyss separating the brash, ...