We Are Ayenda
As the Taliban claimed power in 2021 and banned women and girls from participating in sports, the members of the Afghanistan Youth Women's National Football Team needed to escape their own country or risk being captured. What happened next is an extraordinary story of survival, sisterhood and the human right to privacy. Presented by WhatsApp.
Ashley Rodholm
Editor
Amber Fares
Director
Eshan Ponnadurai
Executive Producer
Ghada Soufan
Executive Producer
Vivian Odior
Executive Producer
Eric Stern
Executive Producer
Javed Rezayee
Producer
Adam Groves
Executive Producer
Alex Jurisich
Associate Producer
Marta Lopes
Location Assistant
Zac Ryder
Executive Producer
Sophie Ho
Executive Producer
Amanda Naseem
Producer
Daisy Zhou
Director of Photography
Ermelinda Santos
Location Manager
Ariadna Llovet
Line Producer
Magda Vicente
Production Coordinator
Rabab Haj Yahya
Consulting Editor
Philip Bolus
Executive Producer
Lara Heintz
Development Producer
Vida Habibi
Executive Producer
William Ryan Fritch
Music
João Holbeche Beirao
Executive Producer
Joana Dionisio
Location Assistant
Inês Carvalho
Camera Operator
Aurora Benfeito
Location Assistant
Eugenio Liziario
Production Assistant
Razan Alzayani
Still Photographer
Ricardo Pereira
Generator Operator
Gonçalo Soromenho
Assistant Camera
Jaime Mendes
Production Assistant
João Cisneiros
First Assistant Director
Paulo Guedes
Production Manager
Tiago Silva
Assistant Camera
Márcia Sousa
Assistant Camera
Jaime Mendes
Driver
Eugenio Liziario
Driver
Katya Bolus
Production Assistant
Tiago Antonio
Electrician
Pedro Silveira
Production Assistant
Sílvia Diogo
Assistant Camera
Marcia Paralta
Production Office Assistant
Pedro Silveira
Driver
Vasco Carlos
Electrician
Nuno Buça
Digital Imaging Technician
Miguel Efe
Key Grip
José Coimbra
Grip
Rodolfo Santos
Grip
Marco Marcelino
Production Driver
Tomé Palmeirim
Sound Engineer
Rocco Campanelli
Executive Producer
Mahdiya E.
Translator
Ian Colon
Assistant Editor
Austin Hobart
Assistant Editor
João Ferreira
Video Assist Operator
Armando Chouriço
Grip
Mário Santos
Assistant Set Decoration
Vitor Miranda "Tita"
Gaffer
Matthew Stepanek
Color Assistant
Christina Roldan
Executive Producer
Alex Zhao
Associate Producer
James Hicken
Sound Editor
Nicholas Kim
Assistant Sound Editor
Ruth Levy
Art Direction
Victor Mendes
Assistant Set Decoration
Carla Figueiredo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Rachel Valdivia
Post Production Assistant
Luis Miranda
Best Boy Grip
Marta Lemos
Wardrobe Assistant
Diane Valera
Head of Production
Alex Friedman
Post Producer
Kya Lou
Colorist
Brian Sharifi
Sound Designer
Rui Macedo
Second Assistant Director
Liliana Ribeiro
Makeup & Hair
Mohammad Gorjestani
Executive Producer
Malcolm Pullinger
Executive Producer
Justin Lomax
Business Affairs Coordinator
Simran Mahal
Post Production Supervisor
Sarah Beitch
Archival Footage Research
Anna Tran
Associate Producer
José Paulo
Grip
Carolina Pichel
Boom Operator
Martinha Costa
Makeup & Hair
Sarah Katz
Archival Footage Coordinator
Patrick Nugent
Executive Producer
Lauren Koenig
Animation
Drew Rissman
Head of Production
David Oh
Color Assistant
John Valle
Art Designer
Scott Crozier
Assistant Editor
Garret Walter
VFX Artist
Meghan Riechmann
Music Supervisor
Jamie Muffett
ADR & Dubbing
Chris Riley
Art Designer
Kim Christensen
Executive Producer
Will Brood
ADR & Dubbing
Natalia Rolleston
ADR & Dubbing