On Her Shoulders

Name: On Her Shoulders
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: October 19, 2018
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 84
Cast: Amal Clooney, Ki-moon Ban, Murad Ismael, Nadia Murad, Simone Monasebian

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Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: October 19, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Amal Clooney, Ki-moon Ban, Murad Ismael, Nadia Murad, Simone Monasebian

Summary: Twenty-three-year-old Nadia Murad’s life is a dizzying array of exhausting undertakings—from giving testimony before the U.N. to visiting refugee camps to soul-bearing media interviews and one-on-one meetings with top government officials. With deep compassion and a formal precision and elegance that matches Nadia’s calm and steelyTwenty-three-year-old Nadia Murad’s life is a dizzying array of exhausting undertakings—from giving testimony before the U.N. to visiting refugee camps to soul-bearing media interviews and one-on-one meetings with top government officials. With deep compassion and a formal precision and elegance that matches Nadia’s calm and steely demeanor, filmmaker Alexandria Bombach follows this strong-willed young woman, who survived the 2014 genocide of the Yazidis in Northern Iraq and escaped the hands of ISIS to become a relentless beacon of hope for her people, even when at times she longs to lay aside this monumental burden and simply have an ordinary life.… Expand

Director: Alexandria Bombach

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Lucy Popescu

Jan 25, 2019

Bombach’s camera captures Murad’s extreme courage, her dignity, humility and sorrow – she is wise beyond her years and the weight of her loss hangs heavily on her. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Oct 18, 2018

Alexandria Bombach’s direction and editing are exceptional; she captures images that are both subtle and formidable. Her film is, first and foremost, a profile of Murad and her mission. Yet it’s also a comment on the media and on government aid. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Oct 24, 2018

On Her Shoulders is an intimate, empathetic documentary, made with discretion and power. Read full review

John DeFore

Oct 18, 2018

Less a portrait of accidental activist Nadia Murad than a sensitive witnessing of the way she has endured life in the public eye, Alexandria Bombach's On Her Shoulders is passionately attentive to the plight of the Yazidis while making broader observations about the call to public service. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

Jan 28, 2019

On Her Shoulders is a compassionate, level-headed portrait of a remarkable woman. What it lacks in filmmaking fireworks, it makes up for in the sheer magnetism and moxie of its hero. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Oct 19, 2018

The film’s most affecting moments are when Murad speaks directly to the camera. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Oct 25, 2018

Especially wrenching are scenes of the Yazidi, torn from the land of their birth, separated from one another in camps, confronting the question of how to remain unified when scattered across the globe. Read full review

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