News: 'Saving Face' Oscar Winning Documentary
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The Saving Face Documentary
On Around the World, Christiane Amanpour speaks with Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy about her film, which can be seen on HBO, Thursday March 8th, International Women’s Day
Posted on 02/03/12 by Office • Read full article
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‘Pakistan’s Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face’
‘Film-maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s triumph in becoming the first Pakistani to win an Oscar has been greeted with jubilation in her home country’
Posted on 29/02/12 by Office • Read full article
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‘Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy launches anti-acid campaign’
‘KARACHI: Pakistan’s first Oscar winner launched a campaign on Tuesday, hoping that her documentary about survivors of acid attacks can help eliminate a crime that disfigures hundreds of women each year.’
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‘Pakistani film follows survivors of acid attacks’
‘ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani women who survive revenge-based acid attacks are, in the words of one, the “living dead.” But their stories take on new life in the Oscar-winning documentary “Saving Face,” which follows two victims with disfiguring acid injuries as they attempt to reclaim their dignity and identities.’
Posted on 29/02/12 by Office • Read full article
