Sonita

7.0 / 10

(21 votes)

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.

Country:

Germany,

Switzerland

Genre:

Documentary,

Music

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

2015

Director:

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

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Company:

NDR,

Real Fiction,

Septième Factory,

United People,

NHK BS1,

Women Make Movies,

YLE,

good movies!,

TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion,

Intermezzo Films

Cast:
Sonita Alizadeh

Herself

Ahmad Ahmadi

Himself, construction worker

Latifah Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita's sister

Fadia Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece

Arefe

Herself

Crew:
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Director

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Writer

Sabereh Kashi

Editor

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Co-Producer

Gerd Haag

Producer