Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy marks twenty years of film and stories that matter
Karachi (MNP) This December 2022, two-time academy award winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy marks 20 years of storytelling. Celebrating this milestone, Sharmeen and her team present #SOC20, a digital exhibit unpacking her creative and personal journey, introducing the audience to not only the outcomes of her work, but also her pensive, life-changing and inspirational moments and pivotal relationships. #SOC20 introduces audiences to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s colleagues, mentors, those who opened doors for her and the organisations and individuals she does the same for. The campaign unfolds the story of a young woman from Karachi, her explorations as a journalist and her quest to tell stories from behind the camera, focusing on subjects that surrounded her in her city of birth – stories of daily injustices, stories of women and of heroes, eventually unpacking the impact her work has had on public policy and the global positioning of Pakistan.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said, “It has been twenty years since I began my journey as a filmmaker. The past two decades have presented immense opportunities and challenges alike, these years and the films I made during these years have formed me as a creator, collaborator, director, colleague, parent and human being. As an attempt to document and commemorate this journey and the changemakers, mentors and fellow creators I have worked with, my team and I present #SOC20: A digital exhibit of twenty years of film and stories that matter.”
