He Named Me Malala

He Named Me Malala
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavis Guggenheim
Produced by
StarringMalala Yousafzai
CinematographyErich Roland
Edited by
  • Greg Finton, ACE
  • Brian Johnson
  • Brad Fuller
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
National Geographic Channel[1]
Release dates
  • September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04) (Telluride)
  • October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Arab Emirates
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.7 million[3]

He Named Me Malala is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim. The film presents the young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who has spoken out for the rights of girls, especially the right to education, since she was very young. The film also recounts how she survived and has become even more eloquent in her quest after being hunted down and shot by a Taliban gunman as part of the organization's violent opposition to girls' education in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. The title refers to the Afghani folk hero Malalai of Maiwand, after whom her father named her.

On December 1, 2015, He Named Me Malala was shortlisted with fourteen other documentaries submitted to the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature category, but failed to gain the nomination.[4] It was nominated at the 43rd Annie Awards in Best Animated Special Production category.[5]

  1. ^ "National Geographic Channel Joins Fox Searchlight Pictures for Global Theatrical Release of the Highly Anticipated Feature Doc HE NAMED ME MALALA". Businesswire.com. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "HE NAMED ME MALALA (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "He Named Me Malala (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Hilary Lewis (January 14, 2016). "Oscar Snubs: Ridley Scott, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Spielberg and More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "43rd Annie Awards Nominees". Annie Awards. Retrieved December 16, 2015.