It took guts, grit and plenty of patience for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistani director and champion of multiple causes across the globe, to document another saga with her lens ufffd this time, it was a struggle and eventual victory for countless acid attack victims in the Saraiki belt of Punjab in Pakistan.
Along with Daniel Junge, the duo worked on Saving Face — the 2012 Academy award-winning documentary (short subject) that swept away the jury in February with its stirring chronicles about women like Zakia and Rukhsana who faced the wrath of this dastardly deed.u00a0
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Dr Mohammad Jawad examines the face of acid attack victim Zakia
Their struggle, the support from doctors like Dr Mohammad Jawad, NGOs, Acid Survivors Foundation-Pakistan, attorney Sarkar Abbass who fights Zakia’s case, and female politician Marvi Memon helped take this cause to another level.
The documentary crisscrosses between a nation and victims caught in different conflicts of sorts, at ground level, and in the throes of a socio-economic catharsis.
On: Tuesday, 6.30 PM onwards
Where: Experimental Theatre, NCPA.
After the film screening, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will be joined in conversation with filmmaker Kiran Rao. Registrations open at 6 pm u00a0
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