Saving face 2004 alice wu synopsis, characteristics. I doubt anything shown on tv in the month of march will be as haunting or as oppressing as saving face, which took home the award for best documentary short at the 84th academy awards the first award given to a film from pakistan. A megjeleno oldalon lepj tovabb, majd vard meg a 10 masodpercet az oldalon, es a letoltes automatikusan elindul. The codirectors of saving face, sharmeen obaid chinoy and daniel junge, shared the oscar, and chinoy is the first pakistani to ever win one. An asianamerican woman and her mother both find their private lives are becoming a family matter in this romantic comedy. Reviews analyses cannot be changed once submitted please post carefully. 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. Watch saving face online stream full movie directv. The majority of these are women, and many more cases go unreported. Every year in pakistan, at least 100 people are victimized by acid attacks. Oscarrwinning documentary short about women disfigured by acid attacks in pakistan and a plastic surgeon. Plastic surgeon helps victims of acid violence in pakistan. Mohammad jawad returns to his native pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks. Rent saving face 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
When wils mom browses chinese films, the first video she comes across is the last emperor bilingual dialogue. Saving face premieres on hbo on thursday, march 8, at 5. Saving face 2011 stream and watch online moviefone. What ma doesnt know is that wilhelmina happens to be a lesbian or rather, ma prefers not to acknowledge it. With little or no access to reconstructive surgery, survivors are physically and emotionally scarred, while many reported assailants typically a husband or someone close to the victim are let go with minimal punishment from the state. Saving face is a 2012 documentary film directed by sharmeen obaidchinoy and daniel junge about acid attacks on women in pakistan. The film s subject matter is touchy, but its delivery is more than commendable. Saving face 2011 stream and watch online plastic surgeon dr. A friend of mine noted that the subject of the film was never mentioned on the academy awards broadcast. The film won an emmy award and the 2012 academy award for best documentary short subject, making its director, sharmeen obaidchinoy, pakistans first oscar winner. Saving face is a 2004 american romantic comedy drama film directed by alice wu. Watch the latest saving face movie trailers, teasers, promos, movie clips, online videos, song teasers, pre release event, audio launch and much more only on filmibeat.
Wilhelmina pang michelle krusiec is a surgeon living in manhattan whose mother is eager for her to settle down with a nice man and get married. Oscarwinning documentary saving face at abu dhabi film. Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary video. Saving face disfigurement and the politics of appearance read online. Pakistan acid victims try to block saving face film bbc news. 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 tells the stories of two acid attack survivors. Saving face, which won the oscar for the best documentary in the short subject category, shows an acclaimed britishpakistani surgeon. Every year in pakistan, at least 100 people are victimized by brutal acid attacks. Absolutely brilliant news for the women in the film and those numerous hidden victims of acid attacks this lets them know they are not alone anymore because the wold is listening as weve seen them.
In the absence of true investigative journalism, documentary film has become a new discourse community. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Watch saving face original cut online vimeo on demand on. Saving face saving face streaming vf saving face film entier saving face film complet en francais streaming vf 123movies. Just heard on nighttime news channel the news saving face received short documentary oscar. Wil struggles with allocating time between her mother, who is shunned by the chineseamerican community for being pregnant and unwed and thus has come to live with wil, and her girlfriend, vivian, whom she presents. Winner of the academy award for best documentary short subject, saving face is a harshly realistic view of violence against women in south asia. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Film streaming saving leningrad en francais complet vf. Kattints a fenti letoltes gombra a saving face 2012 film letoltesehez. Film saving general yang en streaming vf gratuit complet. Wil michelle krusiec is a lesbian, but she not dare tell her widowed mother, hweilan joan chen, or her very traditional grandparents. This is an excellent film about lesbianism in a chinese community in new york. Wils mom transforms the local chinatown disapproval on her and wils romance in about 3 months so much that wil and vivian can kiss in public though there still.
Guarda saving face parte2 lovingyouforever su dailymotion. In manhattan, the brilliant chineseamerican lesbian surgeon wil is surprised by the arrival of her fortyeight year old widow mother to her apartment. An asianamerican woman and her mother both find their private lives are becoming a family matter in this romantic comedydrama. Saving face produced by davis coombe a film by daniel junge and sharmeen obaidchinoy. Saving face follows wilhemina, a young chineseamerican surgeon as she deals with her unwed mothers pregnancy, and the obligations of her dancer girlfriend vivian. The majority of these are women, and many cases go unreported. This site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to administer and improve your experience on our site, to help diagnose and troubleshoot potential server malfunctions, and to gather use and demographic information. Le film the imaginarium of doctor parnassus 2009 v. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. I wouldnt label it as an asian movie or lesbian movie. Saving face en streaming hd gratuit sans illimite, synopsis. 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. Watch saving face starring michelle krusiec in this drama on directv. Where can i watch saving face with english subtitles.
Saving face oscar winning pakistani documentary film directed by sharmeen obaid chinoy. Rent saving face 2005 starring michelle krusiec and joan chen on dvd and bluray. The films subject matter is touchy, but its delivery is more than commendable. Saving face was the first feature film from writer and director alice wu. Saving face watch the hbo original documentary hbo. Around 40% of the film is in mandarin easy evangelism.
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