Pakistan's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy gets an Oscar!

[W.11]

Now this is a contradiction of sorts ; Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has done documentaries showing the dark side of Pakistan including "Children of the Taliban" and "Pakistan's Double Game" and has received such brickbats and spite from the establishment including labeling her as a "liberal fascist", now the same people will come rushing in hordes to shower accolades on her. But she has stood steadfast and gone on about her job.

i would agree with you on this

 

[W.11]

Its better that people show these problems so that could be addressed and solved. Its better to be realistic and simple (Iranian film industry is a good example of that and they have pretty good movies) then over the top, delusional, and unrealistic.

in order to solve problems we dont necessarily dont need to make movies and show it off to the world, i mean we already have far worse image, we cant solve problems by insulting ourselves in the world and that hey, our women are raped in our country, i mean every country have some sorts of problem, like rapes are more in USA than any other country but they dont make movies to expose their problem in the world

we have to work on the grass roots level to solve our problem, like educating the masses

so you are actually giving a very failed logic

she should have shown the brighter sie of pakistan like pakistani hospitality in the orld and pakistani talent etc, but no she will always talk negative about pakistan

 

[W.11]

oscars prize and nobel prize all these are bonus money paid to traitors who serve the west in consideration for the services they have rendered.......imagine...bama received the zionist noble prize for peace...joke of the century.....they guy is committing war crimes every day and is the architect of drone attacks.....he voilates sovereignity of an sovereign country every day and kills womens and children...he receives the zionist nobel prize for peace....

he got the nobel prise for becoming the biggest zionist pawn in the world

 

[Dance]

 

[Saifullah Sani]

hope for win

 

[jayron]

Congrats Iranians on winning best foreign film category for "A separation".

 

[Abii]

I'm still debating whether or not I should watch it lol

 

[Abii]

No one cares

I'm fishing for an opinion about the movie damn it (preferably an Iranian's).
lol

 

[Dance]

I hope Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins!

 

[jayron]

I hope Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins!

She did! Congrats Pakistanis!

 

[Dance]

Her short documentary, Saving Face, won!!!

Congrats to all Pakistanis


Oscars 2012: 'Saving Face' wins for documentary short


Saving Face" won the Oscar for documentary short at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday.[

The Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy film follows British plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who returns to his homeland to help victims of acid burns. The film follows one woman as she fights to see that the perpetrators of the crime are imprisoned for life.

The documentary competed against “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” a Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson film about a mid-century starlet who chose the church over Hollywood; “The Barber of Birmingham,” a Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday film that follows the life of 85-year-old barber James Armstrong and the legacy of the civil rights movement; James Spione’s war film “Incident in New Baghdad”; and “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” a film by Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen that follows survivors of Japan's 2011 earthquake and their struggle to recover from the wave that crushed their homes and lives.

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Oscars 2012: 'Saving Face' wins for documentary short - latimes.com

 

[RazPaK]

Pakistani won because she depicted Pakistanis in negative light.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Wow Wow Wow.

I am speechless. What an outstanding speech by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. She was articulate, self-confident and presented an image of a smart intelligent young pakistani woman. Very impressive. Congratulations Pakistan.

 

[RazPaK]

She won because she made Pakistan look like crap.

 

[Dance]

She won because she made Pakistan look like crap.

No, she told the reality of what happens in Pakistan.

Be happy, she's the first Pakistani to win an Oscar!