She survived being shot in the head for an unauthorized marriage but her story won the Oscar

When filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy walked onstage to collect her second career Oscar at the Academy Awards last week, she said her win was the result of “what happens when determined women get together.” Obaid-Chinoy won the Best Documentary Short category for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, a documentary that follows Saba, a 19-year-old Pakistani woman who after she married a man her family did not approve of survived being shot in the head, put in a bag and thrown into a river by her father and uncle. Saba narrowly escaped becoming one of the more than 1,000 women in Pakistan killed in the name of “honor” every year.

“This week, the Pakistani prime minister said that he will change the law on honor killing after watching this film,” Obaid-Chinoy said during her acceptance speech. “That is the power of film.”




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Does anybody know a good place where you can see short documentaries and films like this? I'm always hearing about these amazing short pieces and never know where to find them.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Does anybody know a good place where you can see short documentaries and films like this? I'm always hearing about these amazing short pieces and never know where to find them.

I do.

I will PM you when it comes online soon and send you the link

Didge wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Does anybody know a good place where you can see short documentaries and films like this? I'm always hearing about these amazing short pieces and never know where to find them.

I do.

I will PM you when it comes online soon and send you the link

You da man

Putlocker? That's my only contribution lol

eddie wrote:Putlocker? That's my only contribution lol

Its not on there yet Eddie, i checked, but that is a good site for a good copy to watch

My son put me on to it.
I kept saying "Footlocker? Footlocker??? I don't want to buy shoes!"

He just went

eddie wrote:My son put me on to it.
I kept saying "Footlocker? Footlocker??? I don't want to buy shoes!"

He just went

True story

eddie wrote:True story

Corking story Eddie  

Honour killings.   Truly horrible.