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Sonita

Release Year
2015
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Documentary
Music
Directed By
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Sonita

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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

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

Crew

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Director

Mohamad Hadadi

Director of Photography

Arastoo Givi

Director of Photography

Torben Bernard

Director of Photography

Parviz Arefi

Director of Photography

Ala Mohseni

Director of Photography

Ali Mohammad Ghasemi

Director of Photography

Behrouz Badrouj

Director of Photography

Sabereh Kashi

Editor

Gerd Haag

Producer

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Writer

Philip Charles Whitfield

Colorist

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