He Named Me Malala - Documentary Film on Malala Yousafzai

 

He Named Me Malala is a 2015 American Documentary Film directed by Davis Guggenheim

The film concerns the young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Laureate  Malala Yousafzai,who was targeted by Taliban gunmen, shot in the head and left wounded. She was targeted for speaking for the girls' education in her region of Swat VAlley in  Pakistan

The title refers to the Afghani folk hero Malalai of Maiwand, for whom her father named her

London Premier of '' He Named Me Malala '' 

Filmed over 18 months in Britain, Kenya, Nigeria, Abu Dhabi and Jordan, the documentary by American David Guggenheim recalls how Malala's father chose her name in honour of Malalai of Maiwand, a heroine who rallied the Pashtun army against British troops in 1880.

The film, which premiered at the London Film Festival is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the passionate Pakistani advocate of girls' education who survived a brutal Taliban gun attack in 2012.

Celebrities and activists flocked to the premiere of a documentary, He Named Me Malala, about the inspirational teenager who resisted the Taliban and won.

But despite the presence of Annie Lennox, Claudia Winkleman and Fiona Phillips at the screening of the film at Ham Yard Hotel in central London, the real stars of the red carpet were the schoolgirl's beloved father and brother.

Ziauddin posed proudly with his remarkable daughter and her younger brother Atal, at the film that chronicles her campaign for education of women in the Swat Valley which put her in grave danger and nearly cost her her life.

He Named Me Malala is scheduled for release in Britain on November 6,2015