What comes after surviving being shot in the head, turning 16 and addressing the United Nations? Having a famous documentarian make a movie about it all. The Oscar-winning director of Al Gore environmental documentary An Inconvenient Truth is to bring the story of teenage Pakistani women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived an attack by the Taliban, to the big screen.

Shot to fame: Malala Yousafzai with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. On July 12, she hosted the UN Youth Assembly. Pic/AFP