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Movies at McKinley: Sonita

In partnership with the C-U chapter of Dining for Women, the McKinley Foundation will screen the documentary SONITA on Sunday, January 12 at 6 PM in the McKinley Foundation Living Room. Movie is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:45 PM. Free parking is available at the parking garage across the street on 5th.

1h 30min | Documentary | 2017

Synopsis. Two-time Sundance Film Festival award winner SONITA tells the inspiring story of Sonita Alizadeh, an 18-year-old Afghan refugee in Iran, who thinks of Michael Jackson and Rihanna as her spiritual parents and dreams of becoming a big-name rapper. For the time being, her only fans are the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter. And her family has a very different future planned for her: as a bride she’s worth $9,000. Iranian director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami (GOING UP THE STAIRS) poignantly shifts from observer to participant altering expectations, as Sonita’s story unfolds in this personal and joyful portrait. An intimate portrait of creativity and womanhood, SONITA highlights the rarely seen intricacies and shifting contrasts of Iranian society through the lens of an artist who is defining the next generation.

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