Sonita

— The story of Sonita Alizadeh ends up being the inspirational tale of a female teen rapper in Iran whose music decries the injustice she and other Afghan women endure. Her mother and brothers discourage her music, insisting she find a man willing to buy her for marriage, the only suitable path for a young and single woman, but she persists. It’s a dangerous road she travels, continuing with her music and trying to secure a passport to leave Iran, ending up with a scholarship to attend school in Utah. Her story is uplifting but it’s impossible not to think of all the women in Afghanistan who continue to suffer oppression and abuse. (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2016.)

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[2015. 90 min. Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami.]
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sonita-idfa-review-843610