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The film follows Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad on her three-month tour of Berlin, New York, and Canada, as she met with politicians and journalists to alert the world to the massacres and kidnapping happening in her native land.
Oct 19, 2018 · On Her Shoulders. Four years ago, Nadia Murad Basee Taha was a teenager living in a Yazidi farm community in the Sinjar district of Iraq when ISIL took over the town, murdered 600 people, and captured the women and girls as sex slaves.
With Nadia Murad, Murad Ismael, Simone Monasebian, Michelle Rempel. Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Alexandria Bombach
- 2018-12-06
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
On Her Shoulders traces one woman's incredible journey to offer an inside look at modern political advocacy - and a challenge to viewers yearning to effect...
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- Documentary
- Alexandria Bombach
Jan 20, 2018 · Alexandria Bombach's doc 'On Her Shoulders' follows Nadia Murad's worldwide campaign for assistance to Yazidi refugees.
Oct 18, 2018 · Her village was destroyed, members of her family were murdered and she was held captive as a sex slave. She escaped and now travels to bring attention to the killings and to help refugees.
