'Young girls everywhere still face considerable hurdles in achieving their dreams,' Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy told R29 when discussing her short Netflix film Sitara: Let Girls Dream. InternationalWomensDay
, as well as executive producers Ariel Wengroff, Vice CEO Nancy Dubuc , Gloria Steinem, and Imke Fehrmann, Obaid-Chinoy has already screened the short for hundreds of students across the U.S. and in Pakistan, where girls like Mehr, who is unaware of what is happening to her sister until it’s too late, can learn about the practice and have open conversations with their parents.
is more than a film. It’s a movement that we want to start across the world that encourages parents to invest in their girls’ dreams freeing their daughters from the burdens of early marriage.""Young girls everywhere still face considerable hurdles in achieving their dreams. embodies that struggle; it is the story of Pari, a young girl who dreams of becoming a pilot and is robbed of it. Twelve million girls every year are forced into child marriage, losing their ability to dream.
You were the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award, and continue to be a trailblazer for women in film. What do you hope young girls watching your own trajectory will take away from it? "My team who has worked on the film have one simple hope: that girls around the world will be inspired to achieve their dreams. If can play a small role in doing that , it gives us all tremendous joy and hope for the future. We hope it will lead to thoughtful discussions as we also begin screening the film in schools and community centers around the world. We strongly believe that investing in the dreams of young girls will lead to a more equitable world.
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