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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 documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) shows us how Malala, her father Zia and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide. The film gives 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.
"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."
– Malala
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) shows us how Malala, her father Zia and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide. The film gives 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.
"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."
– Malala
Academy Award® Winning Director
DAVIS GUGGENHEIM
Davis Guggenheim is a critically acclaimed, Academy Award-winning director and producer, whose work includes WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, IT MIGHT GET LOUD, and AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, featuring former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2007.
In 2008, Guggenheim produced and directed President Barack Obama's biographical film A MOTHER'S PROMISE, and THE ROAD WE'VE TRAVELLED, for Obama's 2012 campaign.
In 2013 Guggenheim directed TEACH, a two-hour television special about what's working in America’s public schools — specifically that at the heart of every great education is great teaching.
Most recently Guggenheim completed a feature-length documentary about Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai. He worked closely with Malala and her family, filming their life in Birmingham, England, as well as their travels to numerous countries around the world as they talk about the power of education and its ability to transform a young person’s life. It is due for worldwide release this fall.
Guggenheim is currently working on a documentary special for HBO featuring the band U2.
Guggenheim has also directed many television series including Deadwood, NYPD Blue and 24.
In 2008, Guggenheim produced and directed President Barack Obama's biographical film A MOTHER'S PROMISE, and THE ROAD WE'VE TRAVELLED, for Obama's 2012 campaign.
In 2013 Guggenheim directed TEACH, a two-hour television special about what's working in America’s public schools — specifically that at the heart of every great education is great teaching.
Most recently Guggenheim completed a feature-length documentary about Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai. He worked closely with Malala and her family, filming their life in Birmingham, England, as well as their travels to numerous countries around the world as they talk about the power of education and its ability to transform a young person’s life. It is due for worldwide release this fall.
Guggenheim is currently working on a documentary special for HBO featuring the band U2.
Guggenheim has also directed many television series including Deadwood, NYPD Blue and 24.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
Malala Yousafzai is an educational campaigner from Swat Valley, Pakistan, and winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded jointly to her and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in the field of children’s rights. Born in 1997, Malala Yousafzai grew up in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan.
From the age of 10, Malala has campaigned for the rights of girls to receive an education. Using a pseudonym, she wrote a blog for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule and her views on promoting education for girls. In October 2012, the then 15-year-old Malala was shot by the Taliban while traveling home from school on the bus.
Two of her friends were also injured in the attack. Malala recovered from her injuries and continues her campaign for girls’ rights. She is the Co-Founder of The Malala Fund, a non-profit organization whose work around the world focuses on the rights of girls to quality education.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize, the International Children’s Peace Prize, The Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award and the Sakharov Prize.
From the age of 10, Malala has campaigned for the rights of girls to receive an education. Using a pseudonym, she wrote a blog for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule and her views on promoting education for girls. In October 2012, the then 15-year-old Malala was shot by the Taliban while traveling home from school on the bus.
Two of her friends were also injured in the attack. Malala recovered from her injuries and continues her campaign for girls’ rights. She is the Co-Founder of The Malala Fund, a non-profit organization whose work around the world focuses on the rights of girls to quality education.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize, the International Children’s Peace Prize, The Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award and the Sakharov Prize.
MALALA'S FAMILY
Ziauddin Yousafzai is an educational campaigner and the United Nations Special Advisor on Global Education. He holds the position of the educational attaché of Pakistan in the consulate in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In his native Swat Valley, Pakistan, he was an social activist, teacher and school owner. He is the Co-Founder of The Malala Fund, a non-profit organization whose work around the world focuses on the rights of girls to quality education.
Toor Pekai Yousafzai was born in Swat Valley (Shangla), northern Pakistan. She is the mother of Malala (18), Khushal (15) and Atal (11). Unable to access quality education as a girl, Toor Pekai has been a strong supporter of Malala’s educational activism.
Toor Pekai Yousafzai was born in Swat Valley (Shangla), northern Pakistan. She is the mother of Malala (18), Khushal (15) and Atal (11). Unable to access quality education as a girl, Toor Pekai has been a strong supporter of Malala’s educational activism.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen
can change the world.
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