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‘A Life Too Short’ Filmmaker Safyah Usmani Discusses ‘Honor Killing’ of Qandeel Baloch

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Eli Countryman Filmmaker Safyah Usmani documented Pakistan’s changing laws surrounding honor killings through the story of Pakistani celebrity Qandeel Baloch’s death in “A Life Too Short.”“The reason I chose to make this film, and when I started was right after her murder,” she said. “The reason behind that was … I was thinking about how the ability to choose, the freedom to choose, is such a powerful tool that all of us have.

And a lot of us take it for granted, not knowing that many women around the world — not just Pakistan — do not get to exercise that right.”Usmani participated in a conversation with Gloria Steinem hosted by New York Women in Film & Television on Friday. “A Life Too Short” details the events that led to the murder of.

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