In the Name of the Family (2010)

Directed by

Shelley Saywell

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores the issue of honor killings. It focuses on the 2007 murder of a young Canadian woman by her family.

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What happens

In the Name of the Family is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shelley Saywell and released in 2010. The film is an exploration of the issue of honor killing, focusing in part on the 2007 murder of Aqsa Parvez. The film premiered on May 1, 2010 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. It was subsequently a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 31st Genie Awards in 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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