Filmmaker Safyah Usmani documented Pakistan’s changing laws surrounding honor killings through the story of Pakistani celebrity Qandeel Baloch’s death in “A Life Too Short.”
“The reason I chose to make this film, and when I started was right after her murder,” she said. “The reason behind that was … I was thinking about how the ability to choose, the freedom to choose, is such a powerful tool that all of us have. And a lot of us take it for granted, not knowing that many women around the world — not just Pakistan — do not get to exercise that right.”
Usmani participated in a conversation with Gloria Steinem hosted by New York Women in Film & Television on Friday. “A Life Too Short,” from MTV Documentary Films and produced by Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Idetails the events that led to the murder of Pakistani social media star Baloch. After attempting...
“The reason I chose to make this film, and when I started was right after her murder,” she said. “The reason behind that was … I was thinking about how the ability to choose, the freedom to choose, is such a powerful tool that all of us have. And a lot of us take it for granted, not knowing that many women around the world — not just Pakistan — do not get to exercise that right.”
Usmani participated in a conversation with Gloria Steinem hosted by New York Women in Film & Television on Friday. “A Life Too Short,” from MTV Documentary Films and produced by Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Idetails the events that led to the murder of Pakistani social media star Baloch. After attempting...
- 12/19/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
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