Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's 'A Girl in the River' wins duPont-Columbia Award

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award is considered the Pulitzer of broadcasting

18 Dec, 2016

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is having a good month.

Last weekend saw the release of her second animated film 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam and now comes news that she has won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for her Oscar-winning documentary A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness.

A Girl In The River follows the life of an 18-year-old girl who is a survivor of an honour killing attempt.

Also read: Finding Saba — How a brave honour-killing survivor's story came to win an Oscar

The duPont-Columbia award is considered the Pulitzer of broadcasting, and Sharmeen's already won one for her earlier documentary, Children of the Taliban in 2010!

The award was established in 1942 and administered since 1968 by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Of the 14 winners announced on the Columbia University website, A Girl In The River was one of two documentaries that made the cut. The other duPont winner is ESPN Films’ OJ: Made in America, a nearly eight hour-long documentary on the life of O. J. Simpson and how it signifies America's two greatest obsessions: race and celebrity.

The winners will be awarded at Low Memorial Library, Jan. 25, 2017, at the awards’ 75th anniversary celebration.

Comments

aHMED FAIZ Dec 18, 2016 02:32pm

She is bringing disrepute to Pakistan and earning the fame.

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Calypso Dec 18, 2016 04:35pm

Sharmeen is proud of Pakistan and only few in our country seem to realise it. She is showing us the truth, most of us don't want to see. Don't blame the mirror, if you see the ugly side of your face in it. The behaviour of our society againt women is shameful and is a major block for an healthy development of Pakistan. We should start thinking, instead of blaming people like Ms. Chinoy.

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aslam shaikh Dec 18, 2016 05:21pm

Again Miss from elite 1% gets a prize by making fun of the rest of 99%

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Hawk Dec 18, 2016 06:32pm

Good job! All of her documentaries are eye openers. Just watched Women of holy kingdom, a week ago. It was very well researched. Don't understand why people despise her.

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Zak Dec 19, 2016 12:38am

@aslam shaikh see a psychiatrist for your complexes. The 1% is trying to save the ill treatment of the women in the 99%.

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KHK Dec 19, 2016 07:01am

@aslam shaikh If the 99% don't want to improve they deserve whipping. Get real.

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