He Named Me Malala
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| Directed by | Davis Guggenheim |
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| Starring | Malala Yousafzai |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Erich Roland |
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Fox Searchlight Pictures National Geographic Channel |
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88 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.7 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Thomas Newman | |
| Released | September 25, 2015 |
| Label | Sony Classical |
| Producer | Thomas Newman |
He Named Me Malala is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim. The film presents the young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who has spoken out for the rights of girls, especially the right to education, since she was very young. The film also recounts how she miraculously survived and has become even more eloquent in her quest after being hunted down and shot by a Taliban gunman as part of the organization's violent opposition to girls' education in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. The title refers to the Afghani folk hero Malalai of Maiwand, after whom her father named her.
On December 1, 2015, He Named Me Malala was shortlisted with other fourteen documentaries submitted to 88th Academy Awards in Best Documentary Feature category, but failed to gain the nomination. It was nominated at the 43rd Annie Awards in Best Animated Special Production category.
Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald produced the film through Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ along with Participant Media.
Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the US rights to the film on March 31, 2015, while StudioCanal would release the film in France.
The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2015, and received a theatrical release in the United States on October 2. On June 18, 2015, National Geographic announced they had acquired broadcasting rights to the film and will air the film in 171 countries in 45 languages. In Pakistan, Geo News broadcast the film, which was specially dubbed in Urdu by family of Yousafzai.
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