Malala Yousafzai takes human rights to big screen with movie Joyland based on transgender sexual desire | World News
Malala Yousafzai has embarked on filmmaking as an active activity.
In an exclusive Sky News broadcast, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said that the “next phase” of her human rights work should include “storytelling”.
Malala “Activity needs to go beyond working for an NGO.
“We need to find other ways to challenge social norms that deny women their fundamental rights, their dignity.
“Screens help us connect with people and make us more tolerant of others.”
Malala is the executive producer of Joyland. This strange Oscar-nominated love story, directed by Saim Sadiq, explores transgender sexuality in Pakistan, a strictly Muslim republic.
Creating safe spaces for all women is fundamental to Malala’s human rights mission.
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In 2012, when she was 15 years old, she was shot in the head by the Taliban while campaigning for girls’ schooling in Pakistan.
Malala was being treated in Birmingham for her injuries.
Malala was shot by the Taliban when she was 15 years old
She then attended Edgbaston High School, before studying politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford.
In 2014, she became the youngest individual ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Even after her ordeal, Malala refused to stay silent – instead, she fought more fiercely. She founded an NGO called the Malala Foundation, using her influence to defend the rights of all women globally.
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‘Everyone’s story matters’
Now 25, Malala told Sky News: “I’m very grateful that Saim made sure that the transgender role was taken by a transgender woman. This is very important.
“This in itself is a huge achievement for Pakistan to ensure everyone has the opportunity to appear on screen.
“Everybody’s story matters. Everyone’s story deserves to be told by them. And a transgender person should be given the same rights that others are given.
“What’s really unfortunate is that we don’t want people to talk about the issues, we don’t want these stories on the screen. I hope that we’ll challenge that.”
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Joyland tries to do that. It is the first major Pakistani motion picture to feature a transgender actor in the lead role.
Despite being Pakistan’s Oscar contender, the country’s government banned the film in August, after mounting pressure from hardline Muslim groups calling the film “disgusting” and “very objectionable.” have a cold”.
Scenes from Joyland. Photo: Studio Soho Distribution / Khoosat Films
Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, a senator from the Jamaat-e-Islami Muslim party, said: “The seduction of transgender people in Pakistan, as well as their love affairs, is a direct attack on their beliefs. we.”
Amnesty International said the ban was “censorship” and represented “suppression of freedom of expression”.
The decision was dropped in mid-November, and the film is now available – with some tweaking – across the country, including Punjab, where the film was shot.
Director Saim Sadiq
Director Saim Sadiq, 31, told Sky News the film “turned out to be a major act of protest”.
“When the movie was released, I realized that a lot of people were uncomfortable with the existence of this movie,” he said.
“Banning the movie is probably the fastest way to get the activism going and get people talking about the issues we want them to talk about.”
Joyland is out now in UK cinemas.
