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.
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Sonita Alizadeh
Herself
Ahmad Ahmadi
Himself, construction worker
Latifah Alizadeh
Herself, Sonita's sister
Fadia Alizadeh
Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece
Arefe
Herself
Farzaneh Davoodi
Herself
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Herself
Roham Maher
Himself
Also in
El Bar
Cori Shepherd Stern
Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami Director · Arastoo Givi Cinematographer Mohamad Hadadi Cinematographer
United States release January 22, 2016 · Produced in Germany, Switzerland · Languages English, Persian
Production
NDR
Production
TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion
Production
Intermezzo Films
Production
SRG SSR
Production
RTS
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YLE
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Arte
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good movies!
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NHK BS1
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Real Fiction
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Septième Factory
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TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion GmbH & Co KG
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United People
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Women Make Movies
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Germany · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
English · Persian
Release dates
Switzerland · November 20, 2015
Digital
United States · January 22, 2016
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Switzerland · March 30, 2016
Theatrical · French
Austria
October 1, 2016 · Digital
Canada
April 30, 2016 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Czechia
March 8, 2016 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
France
October 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
May 26, 2016 · Theatrical
Indonesia
April 30, 2016 · Premiere · Europe on Screen
Netherlands
November 20, 2015 · Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Russia
June 26, 2016 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
Switzerland
April 7, 2016 · Theatrical · German
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