Daniel Jung and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy with the Oscar for Best Documentary (short) for Saving Face. PHOTO/AFP
You are invited to a screening of the first ever
Oscar winner Pakistani documentary Saving Face
it will be held under the auspices of PACC
on Sunday March 4th
2-4:30 PM at PACC,
Chandni Restaurant, 5748 Mowry School Road,
Newark, California 94560
The documentary film by Oscar and Emmy award winner Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Oscar winner filmmaker Daniel Junge follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, as he journeys to Pakistan to perform reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid violence. The screening will be followed by a presentation and Q and A with Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Mohammed Ali Jawad. Light refreshment will be served after the screening.
Pakistan American Cultural Center
Saving Face: Pakistan’s golden moment
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE
For Pakistan, 2012 could not have started on a sweeter note. If Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy scoring an Academy Award nomination for her documentary Saving Face in the category of Best Documentary (Short Subject) wasn’t good enough, then her getting to take home the Oscar this Sunday night at the 84th Academy Awards presentation, definitely was. With the entire nation rejoicing at her victory, it seemed she had won the Oscar for all of Pakistan.
Obaid-Chinoy is the first Pakistani to receive an Oscar and hopes to screen her award-winning film at local schools, colleges, universities and communities to raise awareness about the victims of acid violence. Saving Face will air on HBO on March 8 in the US. According to a press release, Obaid-Chinoy has produced 16 critically acclaimed films, all of which have been aired internationally.
About Saving Face
Detailing the work of a British-Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr Mohammad Jawad, Saving Face chronicles the doctor’s travels across Pakistan as he performs reconstructive surgery on survivors of acid violence. Being one of the cruellest forms of violence and abuse, acid attacks are underreported in Pakistan but still, at least 150 cases are filed every year.
The Express Tribune for more
(Thanks to Mansoor Gowani)