Overview
If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.
Director and cast
- Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami Director
- Sonita Alizadeh as Herself
- Ahmad Ahmadi as Himself, construction worker
- Latifah Alizadeh as Herself, Sonita's sister
- Fadia Alizadeh as Herself, Sonita Alizadeh's niece
- Arefe as Herself
- Farzaneh Davoodi as Herself
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami as Herself
- Roham Maher as Himself
- Cori Shepherd Stern as Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group
More films
Knights of the City (1986)
Action · Music · R
A street Gang that is also a rap group tries to get a record contract.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Dominic Orlando
- Cast
- Leon Isaac Kennedy, Nicholas Campbell, John Mengatti
Rap, O Canto da Ceilândia (2005)
Documentary
A documentary about rap artists from Ceilândia, a satellite-city of Brazil capital, Brasilia. The film portrait the struggle of the lives of the rapers and makes a parallel with the violent building of the city designed to settle the outcast from Brasilia after its completion.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Adirley Queirós
- Cast
- DJ Jamaika, Marquim do Tropa, Marquim
Tee Productions: Private Tapes (2002)
Documentary · Music
This documentary feature follows Tee Productions through the last five years. Private Tapes takes a close look at this controversial Oslo-based hip-hop crew. You will see the rappers both on stage, backstage, in studio and on tour. The style is playful, and you get close to the boys, who shot much of the footage themselves.
- Runtime
- 2h
J. Cole: 4 Your Eyez Only (2017)
Documentary · Music · TV-MA
This documentary follows rapper J. Cole's 2016 HBO concert film feature on the making of his fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only. The film Includes musical performances from Cole, as well as stories from low-income residents in cities around the country, such as Baton Rouge, Atlanta, and Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- Runtime
- 49m
Gully Boy (2019)
Drama · Music · Not Rated
Murad, an underdog, struggles to convey his views on social issues and life in Dharavi through rapping. His life changes drastically when he meets a local rapper, Shrikant alias MC Sher.
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Cast
- Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Siddhant Chaturvedi
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members