Sonita (2016)
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.
- Date of release
- 2016-03-30
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (28)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Director
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Casting
- Sonita Alizadeh — Herself
- Ahmad Ahmadi — Himself, construction worker
- Latifah Alizadeh — Herself, Sonita's sister
- Fadia Alizadeh — Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece
- Arefe — Herself
- Farzaneh Davoodi — Herself
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami — Herself
- Roham Maher — Himself
- Cori Shepherd Stern — Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group
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