Saving face debuts exclusively on hbo, on thursday march 8 th, 2012. Mohammad jawad, who strives to help these women put this horrific act behind them and move on with their lives. Oscarrwinning documentary short about women disfigured by acid attacks in pakistan and a plastic surgeon. This paper will discuss the 2012 academy awardwinning short documentary saving face and the social action campaign surrounding the film. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Saving face, a 2012 documentary short film saving face, an episode of the closer. Saving face disfigurement and the politics of appearance read online. Saving face 2012 out of 4 shocking and depressing documentary taking a look at the acid attacks in pakistan, which usually happen to women and by the hands of those closest to them. Rent saving face 2005 starring michelle krusiec and joan chen on dvd and bluray. Sharmeen obaidchinoys documentary wins oscar the express.
Saving face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a. In the absence of true investigative journalism, documentary film has become a new discourse community that circumvents institutions and uses the convergence culture as a mechanism for education and social action. The women who were attacked explain that their husbands were the ones to do so, especially after doing something their husbands did not approve of. Dec 26, 2016 the term saving face is a translation of a japanese term, which became popularized in english us english, at any rate in the 1980s. Covert intervention and escalation management in the korean war volume 70 issue 1 austin carson skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Saving face is an idiom for preserving ones honor or prestige saving face may refer to. Gynaikeies ypotheseis a romantic comedy about right, wrong and everything in between a chineseamerican lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Release and broadcast of the film in pakistan has not been confirmed and the filmmakers say that in light of asfs campaign against the release of the film, it will be unfortunate if saving face is not released in its home country. In the absence of true investigative journalism, documentary film has become a new discourse community. Is saving face also a concept well known in america and. Saving face 2012 out of 4 shocking and depressing documentary taking a look at the acid attacks in pakistan, which usually happen to women and by.
This documentary chronicles the arduous attempts of acidattack survivors zakia and rukhsana to bring their assailants to justice, and follows the charitable work of dr. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Saving face full movie online with english subtitles free. Even though the advantage of avoiding embarrassment has long been known in the us and europe, the fact that the. A friend of mine noted that the subject of the film was never mentioned on the academy awards broadcast. The 3d family film earned awards for its art direction, cinematography, sound mixing, sound editing, and visual effects.
E una dottoressa di 28 anni che vive a manhattan senza una vera vita sociale. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Saving face, which won the oscar for the best documentary in the short subject category, shows an acclaimed britishpakistani surgeon, mohammad jawad, travelling around the country to. Mar 08, 2012 so many academy award winning shorts are left unseen, and thanks to hbo, which will be airing this short all through the month of march, that will not be the case with saving face.
This documentary is well deserving of the 2012 documentary short academy award. She has previously won the oscar for her 2012 documentary saving face where she brought forth the plight of pakistans acid attack. Every year hundreds of people mostly women are attacked with acid in pakistan. Saving face follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a pakistani plastic surgeon who has returned to his homeland to help them restore their faces and their lives. Saving face, a 2004 american romantic comedy drama, named in reference to the sociological concept. Feb 29, 2016 pakistan wins oscar for best documentaryshort subject. Saving face, a documentary about the true cost of the deliberate disfigurement of women in. Saving face daniel junge and sharmeen obaidchinoy the tsunami and the cherry blossom lucy walker and kira carstensen. It must be said that most films aimed at the gay community tend to be a tad shoddy. This is a remarkable documentary, one that couldve easily been of feature film status, depicting inequalities between men and women in separate countries. Pakistans oscar triumph for acid attack film saving face. Saving face eng sub tvpg documentaries movie 2012 oscarrwinning documentary short about women disfigured by acid attacks in pakistan and a plastic surgeon dedicated to helping them. Oscarwinning documentary saving face at abu dhabi film.
I wouldnt label it as an asian movie or lesbian movie. Saving face script transcript from the screenplay andor. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. When 48yearold widow hweilan gao joan chen informs her lessthan understanding father shes pregnant, he banishes her from flushing until she remarries or proves immaculate conception. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of saving face. The codirectors of saving face, sharmeen obaid chinoy and daniel junge, shared the oscar, and chinoy is the first pakistani to ever win one. Every year in pakistan, at least 100 people are victimized by acid attacks. Where can i watch saving face with english subtitles. Against this backdrop, wil and vivians romance becomes secondary to wil and mas relationship. Theyll have poor scripts, poor acting and rely on a film filled with sex.
Pakistan wins oscar for best documentaryshort subject. Saving faces in pakistan life and style the guardian. Watch saving face, the original hbo documentary online at hbo. Oct 31, 2016 saving face is an academy awardwinning short documentary that shows the issue of acid violence in pakistan and the efforts of plastic surgeon dr. The film won an emmy award and the 2012 academy award for best. Pakistan acid victims try to block saving face film bbc news.
The movie weaved mandarin seamlessly throughout the script, which i enjoyed greatly. May 24, 2015 watch saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary entertainment hd on dailymotion. Feb 27, 2012 directors sharmeen obaidchinoy l and daniel junge, winners of the best documentary short subject for the film saving face, pose with their oscars during the 84th academy awards in hollywood. Watch saving face eng sub streaming online hulu free trial. As someone who rarely gets to see themselves represented in films, saving face gave me hope and made me feel like my identities mattered. Saving face is a 2012 documentary film directed by sharmeen obaidchinoy and daniel junge about acid attacks on women in pakistan. Zakia and rukhsana, their arduous attempts to bring their assailants to justice, and the charitable work of londonbased, pakistaniborn plastic surgeon dr. Saving face is a terrific documentary and certainly one of the most shocking ive seen but at the same time its hard to really recommend it because of how. Rent saving face 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary video. Finally, the saving face script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the michelle krusiec and joan chen movie. Saving face premieres on hbo on thursday, march 8, at 5. Saving face the 2012 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Since that time, junge has directed over a dozen feature and short films which have broadcast on hbo, bbc, pbs and over 50 other networks. The oscarwinning documentary saving face will be screened during the abu dhabi film festival, according to a statement on the website of the films usbased producers milkhaus. Saving face and the public sphere vincent piturro abstract this paper will discuss the 2012 academy awardwinning short documentary saving face and the social action campaign surrounding the film. Junges film saving face won the 2011 oscar for best documentary short. Saving face full movie online with english subtitles free watch online saving face full movie putlocker, download saving face putlocker stream saving face movie in. James gilmore chronicles the story of matt kern, whose adolescence took an abrupt turn for the worse in 1988 after an attempted theft escalated to murder, leaving him to grow into manhood from.
The result is tomorrow, an inspiring documentary that presents concrete solutions implemented throughout the world by hundred of communities. Saving face is at once an acknowledgment of ritual and collective identity, a selfreinvention, a reclaiming of roots and resistance simultaneously. Saving face tells the stories of two acidattack survivors. This was the first american movie i had ever seen with a nearly all chinese characters and a chinese lesbian couple. Saving face oscar winning documentary 2012 youtube. The film focuses on wilhelmina, a young chineseamerican surgeon. The treatment is followed in an oscarnominated documentary, saving face. Along with friend and activist cyril dion and their crew, she decided to travel the world in search of solutions that can help save the next generations. Watch saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary entertainment hd on dailymotion. Winner of the academy award for best documentary short subject, saving face is a harshly realistic view of violence against women in south asia. Mar 11, 2012 saving face shows women in pakistan are moving ahead and fighting for justice in a maledominated society.
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