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    A Thousand Girls Like Me

    Sahra MANI 2018 Afghanistan, France Documentary color 80min DCP
    ★ 2018 Best Documentary and Special Prize of the Jury (in honor of a brave woman) Afghan International Film Festival de Stockholm
    ★ 2018 Grand Prix, Documentary Competition Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé

    When Khatera confronts the will of her family and the traditions of her country to seek justice for sexual abuse from her father, she sheds light on the faulty Afghan judicial system and the women it rarely protects.

    Director

    Sahra MANI

    A documentary filmmaker and founder of Afghanistan Documentary House. She has focused on creating documentaries centered around her own country Afghanistan, and its patriarchal culture and the lack of democracy.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Sahra MANI

    2018 A Thousand Girls Like Me
    2014 Beyond the Burka
    2013 Kaloo School 

    Director & Scriptwriter: Sahra Mani
    Cinematography: Sahra Mani
    Producer: Khosraw Mani, Nicole Levigne, Martine Vidalenc, Emmanuel Quillet, Marmitafilms, Esther van Messel & Gitte Hansen
    Music : Cyril Orcel
    Editing : Giles Gardner

    Marmitafilms
    vianney@marmitafilms.fr

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