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Sulagta Sitara
An SOC Films and ARY News docu-series. In this episode, we visit Swat Valley to document stories of hope and perseverance after the fall of the Taliban regime
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Saad Zuberi is a multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker specialising in advocacy through human-interest storytelling. A seasoned reporter with a decade of editorial experience, Saad began his career in broadcast journalism and documentary production in the UK working for award-winning documentary production teams at Channel 4, ITV News and Al-Jazeera English. He has also worked extensively as a researcher for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London, before moving to Pakistan to produce and co-direct films with two-time Academy Award winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. He currently works as the head of production/editorial lead for BBC Media Action in Afghanistan, where he is responsible for overseeing production of all TV, radio and online outputs. Saad has always been passionate about creating social impact and provoking dialogue, behavioural change and legislative reform through his work which has been a driving force behind a majority of his recent endeavours. This includes production of acclaimed documentaries that have been nominated for the Human Rights Press Award, Association of International Broadcasters Award, as well as a News and Documentary Emmy Award. His latest work includes hard-hitting films like A Life Too Short (Co-Director; MTV Films/SOC Films) and Zainab's Legacy (Producer; Witness, Al Jazeera) on honour killings and child sex abuse respectively.
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Kohistan Story: Killing for Honour
In May 2012, a grainy cellphone video emerged in a remote and deeply conservative village in northern Pakistan. The video showed four young women singing and clapping in a room as two young men danced to the music. The village elders saw the celebration as a blatant defiance of strict tribal customs that separate men and women at gatherings, and a decree was issued for those in the video and their families to be killed as their actions were deemed 'dishonorable.' The women and one of their sisters, aged just 12, were allegedly imprisoned for a month and tortured before being killed. The men went into hiding but three of their brothers were shot dead. Every year, nearly a thousand people are known to be killed in the name of honor in Pakistan. Many more go unreported, considered a part of everyday life — but the killings in Kohistan became national news after the surviving brother of the victims made it his mission to seek justice. VICE travels to Pakistan to meet Afzal Kohistani three years after the incident to investigate the story, which is still shrouded with mystery, and to find out what really happened in one of the country’s most perplexing honor killing cases. We follow Afzal after the highest court in the country turned its back on him, and along the way, find out some of the grimmest truths about the pervasive culture of so-called honor killings in the region.
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Produced for SOC Films
Discarded Daughters
With unique access and rare first-hand accounts from those on the frontline, Discarded Daughters spotlights the frightening rise of female infanticide in modern-day Pakistan.
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Produced for Clover Films
Pakistan's Hidden Shame
A look into the sexual abuse suffered by the children living in the North-Western city of Peshawar in Pakistan
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Produced for Owen Kean Films, Al Jazeera Witness
Zainab's Legacy
A grief-stricken father seeks justice after his seven-year-old daughter is raped and murdered in Pakistan.
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Produced for SOC Films
Woman with Gloria Steinem: Pakistan on the Frontlines
Extremist violence in Pakistan is profoundly affecting the female population. We explore how women are responding to the threat and empowering themselves to create positive change.
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