The documentary film ‘With This Breath I Fly’ tells the story of two women imprisoned for what the state of Afghanistan determined were moral crimes.  

The creation of the film was funded by the European Union.  But once officials with the EU saw the footage, they tried to shelve the film and stop the filmmakers from completing the project.

Co-Director Sam French discusses the harrowing stories of the two women profiled in the documentary and also the battle to reclaim the project from funders who wanted to shudder the project for political reasons.

View the transcript here.