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Sonita (2015)

Name: Sonita
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Duration: 90 min

Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami · 1 h 30 min

Year: 2015
Running time: 1 h 30 min
Countries: Iran, Germany, Switzerland and United States
Languages: Dari, English and Persian
Produced by: Gerd Haag and Kerstin Krieg

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About the film

Sonita is a 2015 documentary film about Sonita Alizadeh, a 15-year-old Afghan rapper and refugee living in Tehran. The film was directed by Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami and premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the festival's World Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.

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What it is about

Sonita Alizadeh

Awards on record

Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary

The record

Title	Sonita
Year	2015
Directed by	Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Runs	1 h 30 min
Wikidata	Q24052861

Source: Wikidata (CC0), read Fri Oct 16.

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