Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Sonita

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Sonita Alizadeh, Ahmad Ahmadi

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.

Going Up the Stairs

Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Akram, an illiterate Iranian woman, shows us that true talent will always refuse to be stifled, and that you don't need an education to understand, to feel, and to paint. She discovered her talent quite by chance at the age of 50, when she was helping her grandson with his homework…