Brides for Sale - Sonita

Storyville Season 20 Episode 18

Overview:
This absorbing Storyville tells the inspirational story of a teenage girl pursuing her dreams against the odds. Sonita dreams of being a rap star performing for adoring fans, but as an 18-year-old illegal Afghan immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran, opportunities are hard to come by. Undeterred, Sonita pursues her dream, and with her friend Ahmad finds a recording company prepared to risk an unauthorised rap song that includes an illegal female solo, only to have their plans thwarted by Sonita's family. One of her brothers wants to get married, so Sonita must return to Afghanistan and be sold into marriage herself. The bride price she fetches will pay for her brother's wife. Feisty, defiant and spirited Sonita continues the fight to live life her own way and overcome the many obstacles in her path, experiences which are powerfully and unflinchingly captured in her music.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : -

Release Date : 2016-11-27

Duration : 85 menit

Rating : ⭐ 0/10 (0 votes)

▶ Play

Select Season

Other Episodes (Season 20)

The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows
1. The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows
The Great Gangster Film Fraud
2. The Great Gangster Film Fraud
A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
3. A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio
4. The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
5. Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
The Black Panthers
6. The Black Panthers
Bolshoi's Babylon
7. Bolshoi's Babylon
My Nazi Legacy
8. My Nazi Legacy
Being Evel Knievel
9. Being Evel Knievel
Unlocking The Cage
10. Unlocking The Cage
Moazzam Begg: Living the War on Terror
11. Moazzam Begg: Living the War on Terror
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (1)
12. Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (1)
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (2)
13. Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (2)
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (3)
14. Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (3)
Chasing Asylum - Inside Australia's Detention Camps
15. Chasing Asylum - Inside Australia's Detention Camps
Weiner - Sexts, Scandals and Politics
16. Weiner - Sexts, Scandals and Politics
Jim - The James Foley Story
17. Jim - The James Foley Story
Brides for Sale - Sonita
18. Brides for Sale - Sonita
The Cult that Stole Children - Inside the Family
19. The Cult that Stole Children - Inside the Family
Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem
20. Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem


TV Series Recommendations