The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced that it has narrowed the 124 eligible features for the Best Documentary Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards to a shortlist of fifteen, of which five will be selected for nominations. The remaining contenders are… “Amy,” On the Corner Films and Universal Music “Best of […]
Movie Review – He Named Me Malala (2015)
He Named Me Malala, 2015. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Starring Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai and Khushal Yousafzai. SYNOPSIS : A look at the events leading up to the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls’ education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations. […]
He Named Me Malala featurettes offer intimate portrait of the Nobel Peace Prize winner
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, education activist, inspirational speaker, schoolgirl, daughter and sister – Malala Yousafzai is undoubtedly a remarkable person and now a new documentary promises to offer an intimate portrait of the teenager and her family. He Named Me Malala, by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth), gives audiences a first-hand glimpse into Malala’s […]