Saving Face (2012)

Directed by

Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Genre

documentary film

Country

Pakistan, United States

Runtime

40 min

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows women in Pakistan who survived acid attacks and the surgeon who helps reconstruct their faces. It shows their struggles to heal and seek justice in a society that often blames them.

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What happens

Saving Face is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner. The film was inspired from the life of acid victim Fakhra Younus, who died by suicide in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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