The documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness has been in the news again since its Pakistani director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, was awarded the Oscar for Best Documentary Short for the second time in four years. The win also reignited a public discussion on honor killings.
In her Oscar acceptance speech, Obaid-Chinoy stressed the “power of film” to bring about social change. — and indeed, a result of the international spotlight being shone on the film, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke of the need for a stronger law against honor killings last month Read more…
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