Film

Sonita

6.920161h 31m6Documentary Music

Age rating: 6
Director: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Year: 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.

Top 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

Directed by

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Written by

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Produced by

Gerd Haag