2015 · documentary · political
He Named Me Malala
Directed by Davis Guggenheim1h 27m2015
A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on the young Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education and the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Our read: He Named Me Malala (2015) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured documentary / political, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- redemptive
- tender
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