Publications

• Meet the Top Young Entrepreneurs Of The Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2020 List

• Introducing the MTV EMA Generation Change Award  October 26, 2018

• Sonita Alizadeh For using rap music to empower the girls of Afghanistan November 1, 2017

• Rapping for Freedom May 17, 2018  By flora Carr 

• How Afghan Rapper Sonita Alizadeh’s Song ‘Brides for Sale’ Changed Her Fate July 19, 2017 By TESSA STUART 

• MEET AFGHANISTAN’S YOUNGEST FEMALE RAPPER June 14, 2017 BY KATIE KILKENNY  

• AFGHAN ACTIVIST SONITA ALIZADEH NAMED GIRLS NOT BRIDES CHAMPION TO END CHILD MARRIAGE September 21, 2016

• This girl’s powerful rap saved her from child marriage April 8, 2016 By Joe McCarthy 

• Sonita review: Afghan female rapper goes on unpredictable journey in triumphant documentary March 5, 2016 By Nigel M. Smith 

• How an Afghan teen used rap to resist a forced marriage January 28, 2016 BY BRIGIT KATZ

• BBC 100 Women 2015: From all corners of the world November 18, 2015

• Meet The 18-Year-Old Who Wants To Expose The Horror Of Forced Marriages Through Rap Music October 14, 2015 By Rachael Krishna 

• Afghan teen uses rap to escape forced marriage October 12, 2015  By Deborah Bloom

• How One Afghani Girl Used Rap Music to Save Herself From a Forced Marriage Sonita Alizadeh is a name you need to know. October 12, 2015 BY ELLA CERÓN 

• Latitudes: The Global Music You Must Hear In May May 28, 2015 By ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS 

• Afghan rapper escaped teen marriage by singing about it May 12, 2015 By SHUKA KALANTARI 

 SCREENING HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS

• IDFA - Audience Award and DOC U Award

• Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize – World Documentary and Audience Award – World Documentary

• True/False Film Festival - True Life Fund Award

• Sarasota Film Festival - Best in World Cinema Audience Award

• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, The Center for Documentary Studies -Filmmaker Award

• Mammoth Lakes Film Festival - Jury Award, Best Feature Documentary

• One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - AVAST Foundation Audience Award

• Montclair Film Festival - Audience Award, MFF Junior Jury Special Jury Prize for Social Justice

• Sheffield Doc/Fest - Youth Jury Award

• Take One Action Film Festivals - Audience Award

• Camden International Film Festival - Audience Award

• Docs Barcelona Medellin - Audience Award

• IndieLisboa International Film Festival - Audience Award

• Moscow FF - NETPAC Jury Award

• Beldocs International Feature Documentary Film Festival - Best Film in International Selection

• Docs Against Gravity Film Festival – Millennium Award

• Sheffield Doc Festival – Youth Jury Award

• DOK.fest (Munich) – SOS-Kenderdorfer Award

• DOCUMENTAMADRID 2016 – Audience Award

• East End Film Festival, UK – Best Documentary

• Documentary Edge Festival – World Cinema Award

• Cinema Eye Honors Award – Cinema Eye Honors Award

• Biografilm Festival - Hera Award

• Portland International Film Festival – Audience Award