MFAH Film New Releases: Sonita
- When
- September 09, 2016
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its New Releases series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!
Sonita
Director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
Released 2015
Language in Dari, English, and Farsi with English subtitles
Country Iran/Germany/Switzerland
Running Time 90 minutes
Website http://www.wmm.com/sonita/
Winning two awards at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Sonita tells the inspiring story of Sonita Alizadeh, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee in Iran, who thinks of Michael Jackson and Rihanna as her spiritual parents and dreams of becoming a big-name rapper.
Currently her only fans are the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter, but her family has a very different future planned for Sonita: as a bride worth $9,000.
Iranian director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami poignantly shifts from observer to participant altering expectations, as Sonita’s story unfolds.
An unforgettable coming-of-age tale that positions a free-spirited young woman at odds with the restrictions of a traditional society.
