Saving face (DVD) / a presentation of Home Box Office ; JungeFilm and Milkhaus present ; directed by Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy ; produced by Davis Coombe, Daniel Junge, Alison Greenberg, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Sabiha Sumar.
Title from container. Originally released as a documentary in 2011. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Summary:
"Every year, hundreds of people are attacked with acid in Pakistan. The majority of these are women, who are left physically and emotionally scarred. Saving Face tells the stories of two acid-attack survivors: Zakia, a 39-year old whose husband threw acid on her after she filed for divorce, and Rukhsana, a 25-year-old whose husband and inlaws threw acid and gasoline on her, then set her on fire. Charting the arduous attempts to bring their assailants to justice, the film also follows plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who put his London practice on hold to return to his home country to help Zakia, Rukhsana and other victims. Saving Face is a powerful look inside Pakistani society, illuminating each woman's personal journey while showing how reformers are tackling this vexing problem though the passage of a new law that punishes convicted acid attackers with life imprisonment"--Publisher description.
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