The Common Good hosted a special screening of "He Named Me Malala" followed by a discussion with Director Davis Guggenheim.
“He Named Me Malala” is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old was singled out for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.
Davis Guggenheim is an American film and television director and producer. His credits include NYPD Blue, ER, 24, Alias, The Shield, Deadwood, and the documentaries “An Inconvenient Truth”, “The Road We've Traveled”, “Waiting for 'Superman” and “He Named Me Malala”. (1)
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(1) Material from Wikipedia.
