HE NAMED ME MALALA – 2PM

SCREENING: Saturday, February 6, 2:00 pm

Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Documentary, Rated PG for mature themes, suspenseful situations, non-graphic violence, 88 min. (USA)

He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund. Acclaimed filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) shows us an inside glimpse into this extraordinary young girl’s life – from her close relationship with her father who inspired her love for education, to her impassioned speeches at the UN, to her everyday life with her parents and brothers.

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