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Sonita

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-11-20

Runtime: 91 mins

Director: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Writer: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Spoken language: فارسی, English

Genres: Documentary, Music

Original title: Sonita

Production Companies: NDR, Real Fiction, Septième Factory, United People, NHK BS1, Women Make Movies, YLE, good movies!, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Intermezzo Films

Production Countries: Germany, Switzerland

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