Take One Action Film Festival Sonita + Q&A

Dir. Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, Iran, Germany, Switzerland, 2015, 90mins

Meet the headstrong teenage Afghan artist whose talent is as big as her dreams.

Young Sonita Alizadeh works as a cleaner at a school for refugees in Tehran, one of many undocumented Afghan immigrants keeping under the radar of Iranian authorities. Except Sonita has no intention of keeping her head down: in a country where women are not allowed to sing solo, she wants to live on her own terms and succeed as a famous rapper, musician and artist.

Soon, Sonita’s mother makes a surprise visit: she is to be sold as a bride (price tag: $9,000) to enable the family to buy her brother a wife. Defiant, Sonita pleads with the film’s director to intervene, turning her story – and the documentary – around.

The film, which has deservedly been gathering awards worldwide, movingly captures Sonita’s journey to empowerment and womanhood, as she finds her voice as an artist and a campaigner.

With short film Another Kind of Girl (Khaldiya Jhibawi, Jordan, 2015, 9min29sec)

BEYOND THE SCREEN
We look forward to welcoming the film’s director, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, and human rights campaigner and original Glasgow Girl Amal Azzudin to the screening. Rokhsareh will also be holding a Director Masterclass in Edinburgh on Friday 23rd for filmmakers and film students - please go to www.takeoneaction.org.uk for more information.

To book your tickets and to see the full 2016 programme of screenings and events please visit www.takeoneaction.org.uk