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Summary
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.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+25)
Critics 100Audiences 75GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer100%
Audience score76%
IMDb7.5
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.7/5
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 15 more
Released
2016
March 30, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
Persian
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- Germany
- Switzerland
9 people
- Sonita AlizadehHerself
- Ahmad AhmadiHimself, construction worker
- LALatifah AlizadehHerself, Sonita's sister
- FAFadia AlizadehHerself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece
- AArefeHerself
- FDFarzaneh DavoodiHerself
- RGRokhsareh GhaemmaghamiHerself
- RMRoham MaherHimself
- CSCori Shepherd SternHerself, executive director, Strongheart Group
Directing · 1
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Production · 8
- Gerd Haag Producer
- Kerstin Krieg Co-Producer
- David Magdael Publicist
- Patricia Candido Trinca Production Assistant
- Catherine Muller Line Producer
- Elisha Gustafson Publicist
Camera · 7
- Arastoo Givi Director of Photography
- Parviz Arefi Director of Photography
- Ala Mohseni Director of Photography
- Torben Bernard Director of Photography
- Mohamad Hadadi Director of Photography
- Behrouz Badrouj Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Sabereh Kashi Editor
- Philip Charles Whitfield Colorist
Sound · 2
- Benjamin Benoit Sound Editor
- Jascha Viehl Sound Recordist
Other crew · 1
- Petra Müller Thanks
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