A THOUSAND GIRLS LIKE ME (AKA OBSTINATE)

By Sahra MANI

FIRST HAND FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2018

Khatera, 23, confronts her family and the traditions of her country to seek justice for years of sexual abuse by her father. She sheds light on the faulty Afghan judicial system and the women it rarely protects. ?One woman’s obstinate battle to make her voice heard demonstrates the power of action.

Festivals
& Awards

HotDocs 2018
Sheffield 2018
Human Right Watch Festival (NY) 2018
IDFA 2018
Best of Fest
FIPADOC 2019
Competition - Impact YOUNG EUROPEANS JURY AWARD
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Social issues, Biography
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 52 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sahra MANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Nicole LEVIGNE (LES FILMS DU TAMBOUR DE SOIE)
    • Synopsis
    • A THOUSAND GIRLS LIKE ME (aka OBSTINATE) is a vérité feature documentary that tells the real-life story of 23-year-old Khatera Golzad and her fight to seek justice and to protect her children, who are precious to her even though they are the result of years of sexual abuse inflicted on her by her father, Halim. When she opposes the will of her family and the traditions of her country to seek justice for years of sexual abuse from her father, she sheds light on the faulty Afghan judicial system and the women it rarely protects.