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He Named Me Malala
Documentary · 2015
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
The sides of He Named Me Malala
- Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin
- A Taliban gunman on a school bus
- Hand-painted animated flashbacks
He Named Me Malala is good for you if…
- you like a girl's speech about school at the United Nations.
- you want to know the teenager behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
- you like a father and daughter who share the same fight.
He Named Me Malala is bad for you if…
- you can't take the story of a child shot for going to school.
- you don't like animated scenes in your documentaries.
About: education · courage · fatherhood
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