Founded by Beth Murphy in 2000, Principle Pictures creates feature documentary films, television documentaries, “real” reality series, books and photography exhibits in order to connect with audiences in meaningful and personal ways. We’re guided by what Ernest Hemingway called “the iceberg principle”:  when a story is edited, it (like an iceberg) may only show 10% of its whole.  But our knowledge must encompass what’s below the surface—the other 90%—in order to give viewers each story’s full depth, nuance and feeling.

Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the terrorists who took their husbands’ lives were trained: Afghanistan. Over the course of two years, as they cope with loss and struggle to raise their families as single mothers, these extraordinary women dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression – factors they consider to be the root causes of terrorism. As Susan and Patti make the courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a profound way to move beyond tragedy.