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Sonita (2016)
Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Documentary, Music · 1h 31m
If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.
Cast
Sonita Alizadeh
Herself
Ahmad Ahmadi
Himself, construction worker
L
Latifah Alizadeh
Herself, Sonita's sister
F
Fadia Alizadeh
Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece
A
Arefe
Herself
F
Farzaneh Davoodi
Herself
R
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Herself
R
Roham Maher
Himself
C
Cori Shepherd Stern
Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group
Crew
- Director
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- Writer
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- Director of Photography
- Mohamad Hadadi, Arastoo Givi, Torben Bernard, Parviz Arefi, Ala Mohseni, Ali Mohammad Ghasemi, Behrouz Badrouj
- Editor
- Sabereh Kashi
- Producer
- Gerd Haag
Details
- Release date
- 2016-03-30
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- FA
- Spoken languages
- English, Persian
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
- Production
- NDR, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Intermezzo Films, SRG SSR, RTS