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Sonita (2016)

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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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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Genre:Documentary, Music
Directed By:Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Written By:Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
In Theaters:1/22/2016
Box Office:

Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:NDR, Real Fiction, Septième Factory, United People, NHK BS1, Women Make Movies, YLE, good movies!, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Intermezzo Films

Cast


Director

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Director

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cast

Sonita Alizadeh

Herself

cast

Ahmad Ahmadi

Himself, construction worker

cast

Latifah Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita's sister

cast

Fadia Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece

cast

Arefe

Herself

cast

Farzaneh Davoodi

Herself

cast

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Herself

cast

Roham Maher

Himself

cast

Cori Shepherd Stern

Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group