I just watched a 2015 documentary about Sonita Alizadeh, a young Afghan refugee in Iran, who dreams of becoming a big-name rapper. For the time being, her only fans are the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter. Her family has a very different future planned for her: as a bride she's worth $9,000. Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian documentary filmmaker, filmed her remarkable story over three years.
Here's a trailer:
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