Award-winning Pakistani woman filmmaker on a mission to provoke 'difficult conversations'
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An award-winning Pakistani filmmaker and women’s rights activist says that she is on a mission to force “difficult conversations” that her own society needs to have.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is due to take part in the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), in Geneva, which starts on Friday.
Her short documentary, “Saving Face”, about acid violence against women, made her the first ever Pakistani Academy Award-winner in 2012, and a second Oscar followed in 2016 for “A Girl in the River – The Price of Forgiveness.”
Ms. Obaid-Chinoy spoke to Michele Zaccheo, before celebrations for International Women’s Day got underway.
Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two time Academy award winner and women’s rights activist says that she is on a mission to force “difficult conversations” that her own society needs to have.
Ms. Obaid-Chinoy is due to take part in the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), in Geneva, which starts on Friday. She spoke to Michele Zaccheo, before celebrations for International Women’s Day got underway.