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      • The short film, which premiered this week on HBO, tells the story of Saba, a 19-year-old Pakistani woman who was shot and left for dead by her father and uncle after she eloped with a man her family considered inferior in class.
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  2. Feb 29, 2016 · Saba, an 18-year-old girl, was shot and thrown in a river by her own family for secretly eloping with her lover — and lived to tell the tale.

  3. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness: Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. With Asad Jamal, Saba. A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.

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    • Documentary, Short, Drama
    • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  4. Mar 9, 2016 · The short film, which premiered this week on HBO, tells the story of Saba, a 19-year-old Pakistani woman who was shot and left for dead by her father and uncle after she eloped with a man her...

  5. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (Urdu: دریا میں ایک لڑکی: معافی کی قیمت) is a 2015 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy about honor killings in Pakistan. The film is produced by Tina Brown and Sheila Nevins in collaboration with HBO Documentary Films. [1]

  6. Mar 2, 2024 · A Girl in the River follows Saba, a 19-year-old who survives an honour killing attempt made by her father and uncle after she defied their express wishes to elope with her husband. She was shot in the head, placed in a sack, and then dumped in the river, but miraculously managed to escape her near-fatal predicament and make her way to a local ...

  7. Feb 6, 2016 · Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar-nominated short documentary “A Girl in the River” examines an attempted honor killing in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Courtesy Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy...

  8. In an attempt to hide Saba's body, they put her in a bag and throw her in a river. A Girl in the River opens with titles explaining that 1,000 women are murdered by male relatives every year in...

    • Documentary