A Thousand Girls Like Me

Sahra Mani

When Khatera, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, forces her father to stand trial after a lifetime of sexual abuse, she risks her family, freedom, and personal safety to expose a judicial system that incriminates the very women who seek protection.

DIRECTOR
Sahra Mani
YEAR
2018
COUNTRY
Afghanistan
RUNTIME
76 minutes
LANGUAGE
Farsi with English subtitles

Screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Sahra Mani, film subject Mahfuza Folad, and Heather Barr, Senior Researcher, Women’s Rights division, HRW

When Khatera, a 23-year-old Afghan woman, forces her father to stand trial after a lifetime of sexual abuse, she risks her family, freedom, and personal safety to expose a judicial system that incriminates the very women who seek protection. In a country where the systematic abuse of girls is rarely discussed, Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani presents an awe-inspiring story of one woman’s battle against cultural, familial, and legal pressures as she embarks on a mission to set a positive example for her daughter and other girls like her. U.S. Premiere

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