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An intimate portrait of the Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai. The young Pakistani activist became famous at 15 when she was shot by the Taliban after fighting for education for the girls of the Swat Valley where she was born. The attack provoked protests and united sympathisers around the world. The acclaimed documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (who made An Inconvenient Truth) presents us with a slice of the life of this extraordinary figure. We see her close relationship with her father and her global movement for the education of girls through her foundation. Toronto 2015.
Davis Guggenheim
Born in St. Louis, USA, in 1963, he studied North American History at Brown in Providence, Rhode Island. He directed episodes for TV series such as NYPD Blue, Deadwood and 24. He directed documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth (2006), winner of the Oscar for best documentary; Waiting For ‘Superman’ (2010), which won the audience award at Sundance Film Festival; and U2 - From the Sky Down (2011), shown in Toronto.
