Pakistani social activist Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has won another Oscar award for her documentary movie ‘A Girl in the River’. Previously in 2012, she won her first Oscar for a documentary ‘Saving Face’.
“I have another one!” said Sharmeen as she took the stage to accept the Oscar award. Sharmeen Obaid also took to social networking site to announce the news to her fans.
‘A Girl in the River’ tells the story of 19-year-old Saba who was beaten, shot and thrown into the river after she ran off to marry her fiance, whom her family initially accepted and then decided was too poor.
The short film was screened at the PM House in Islamabad just last week. Following that, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that honour killing was a critical issue and voiced his government’s determination to eradicate this practice from society.
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