Based on the book of the same name by Deborah Ellis and produced by Angelina Jolie, the film follows the story of 11-year-old Parvana (Saara Chaudry), who navigates her life disguised as a boy ...

THIS beautiful, powerful and quite wonderful animated film tells the story of Parvana, a young girl living in Kabul under a Taliban regime. When her handicapped father is unfairly sent to prison, s… ...

Parvana's brother was killed years earlier by a land mine explosion and, for much of the story, her father is imprisoned, leaving only her mother, older sister and two very young siblings.

The new animated film The Breadwinner, based on the bestselling book by Canadian Deborah Ellis, tells the story of 11-year-old Parvana, at left, who disguises herself as a boy in order to support ...

The award-winning book tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old living in war-torn Kabul, who must pretend to be a boy after her father is sent to prison so she can earn money for her family.

The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.

The animated film, produced by actress Angelina Jolie, tells the story of an 11-year-old girl named Parvana and her family, who are struggling to survive in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Beautifully written, told with humor and perfect insight into the mind of a child, the Parvana books have a hopeful tone even while describing in grim detail the horrors of war.