Guest: Co-director Karen Edwards
Moderator: Loren King, Film Critic & Globe Correspondent
STOLEN DAUGHTERS: KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM
Directors: Karen Edwards, Gemma Atwal
Producers: Karen Edwards, Sascha Achilli
Year: 2018
Length: 75 minutes
In 2014, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria, and hidden in the vast Sambisa forest for three years by Boko Haram, a violent Islamic insurgent movement. Granted exclusive access to the 82 girls who were freed last year and taken to a secret government safe house in the capitol of Abuja, STOLEN DAUGHTERS reveals how the young women are adapting to life after their traumatic imprisonment and how the Nigerian government is handling their reentry into society. An HBO Documentary Films Release
httpv://youtu.be/0snwQau5Ez4
Special Events Archive • GlobeDocs Film Festival 2018
Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram
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Guest: Co-director Karen Edwards
Moderator: Loren King, Film Critic & Globe Correspondent
STOLEN DAUGHTERS: KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM
Directors: Karen Edwards, Gemma Atwal
Producers: Karen Edwards, Sascha Achilli
Year: 2018
Length: 75 minutes
In 2014, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Northern Nigeria, and hidden in the vast Sambisa forest for three years by Boko Haram, a violent Islamic insurgent movement. Granted exclusive access to the 82 girls who were freed last year and taken to a secret government safe house in the capitol of Abuja, STOLEN DAUGHTERS reveals how the young women are adapting to life after their traumatic imprisonment and how the Nigerian government is handling their reentry into society. An HBO Documentary Films Release
Presented by
GlobeDocs Film Festival
and
Independent Film Festival Boston
httpv://youtu.be/0snwQau5Ez4