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Saving Face / Home Box Office (Firm).

Films Media Group, (film distributor.). Home Box Office (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

Every year in Pakistan, at least 100 people are victimized by acid attacks. The majority of these are women, and many cases go unreported. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred, while many reported assailants - typically a husband or someone close to the victim - are let go with minimal punishment from the state. Saving Face tells the stories of two acid-attack victims: Zakia, a 39-year old whose husband threw acid on her after she filed for divorce, and Rukhsana, a 25-year-old whose husband and in-laws threw acid and gasoline on her, then set her on fire. Charting the arduous attempts to bring their assailants to justice, the film also follows plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who put his London practice on hold to return to his home country to help Zakia, Rukhsana and other victims. Directed by Oscar® and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Daniel Junge and Emmy®-winning Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Saving Face is a powerful look inside Pakistani society, illuminating each woman's personal journey while showing how reformers are tackling this vexing problem through the passage of a new law that punishes convicted acid attackers with life imprisonment.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (40 min., 21 sec.)) : color and sound.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Home Box Office (Firm), [2012]
  • Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released by Home Box Office (Firm), 2012.
Multi-User.
Winner of the 2012 Oscar® for Best Documentary Short.
CatMonthString:august.16
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on April 14, 2016.
Formatted Contents Note:
Acid Attacks (2:44) -- Burns Centre (2:17) -- Zakia Sought a Divorce (2:56) -- Jawad Documents Burns (2:16) -- Rukhsana's Attack (2:10) -- Abuse Survivors (2:33) -- Setting a Precedent? (2:18) -- Rukhsana's Speech (1:59) -- Zakia "Re-birth" (2:22) -- Jawad Preps for Surgery (2:42) -- Punishing Rukhsana (3:05) -- Final Testimony (2:52) -- Parliament Passes the Bill (2:05) -- Verdict is In (3:01) -- Jawad Makes a Face Mold (3:39) -- Credits: Saving Face (1:00)
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:
9 & up.
System Details Note:
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Access may be limited to affiliated libraries.
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, July 2, 2016)
Subject: Women > Crimes against.
Genre: Internet videos.


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