Sonita
Sonita

Sonita

6.9(24 votes)
2015
1h 31m
Documentary
Music

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.

Production

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

Cast

Sonita Alizadeh

Sonita Alizadeh

Herself

Ahmad Ahmadi

Ahmad Ahmadi

Himself, construction worker

Latifah Alizadeh

Latifah Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita's sister

Fadia Alizadeh

Fadia Alizadeh

Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece

Arefe

Arefe

Herself

Farzaneh Davoodi

Farzaneh Davoodi

Herself

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Herself

Roham Maher

Roham Maher

Himself

Cori Shepherd Stern

Cori Shepherd Stern

Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group

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