Oscar-Nominated Sharmeen Obaid

The first Oscar-winner in Pakistan's history is back in the Hollywood limelight this weekend as Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's unflinching new documentary about 'honor killings,' A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness, competes for an Academy Award.

The 37-year-old Chinoy's previous film about acid-attack victims, Saving Face, won the top prize for a documentary short in 2012.

Chinoy spoke via e-mail with RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal correspondent Bashir Ahmad Gwakh about her shortlisted film, which revolves around Saba Qaisar, a 19-year-old girl from Pubjan Province whose father shot her in the head after she married without the family's permission. She also talked about the tribal pressure that eventually forced Qaisar to withdraw charges, the 1,000 or so honor killings a year that plague Pakistani society, and the Oscars.

Source: Radio Free Europe.