Storyville - Season 20 Episode 18 Brides for Sale - Sonita
This absorbing Storyville tells the inspirational story of a teenage girl pursuing her dreams against the odds. Sonita dreams of being a rap star performing for adoring fans, but as an 18-year-old illegal Afghan immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran, opportunities are hard to come by. Undeterred, Sonita pursues her dream, and with her friend Ahmad finds a recording company prepared to risk an unauthorised rap song that includes an illegal female solo, only to have their plans thwarted by Sonita's family. One of her brothers wants to get married, so Sonita must return to Afghanistan and be sold into marriage herself. The bride price she fetches will pay for her brother's wife. Feisty, defiant and spirited Sonita continues the fight to live life her own way and overcome the many obstacles in her path, experiences which are powerfully and unflinchingly captured in her music.
First Air Date: Nov 15, 1997
Last Air date: Jun 18, 2024
Season: 28 Season
Episode: 660 Episode
Runtime: 85 minutes
IMDb: 7.57/10 by 7.00 users
Popularity: 19.708
Language: English
Keyword : current affairs
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The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows
The Great Gangster Film Fraud
A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
The Black Panthers
Bolshoi's Babylon
My Nazi Legacy
Being Evel Knievel
Unlocking The Cage
Moazzam Begg: Living the War on Terror
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (1)
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (2)
Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon (3)
Chasing Asylum - Inside Australia's Detention Camps
Weiner - Sexts, Scandals and Politics
Jim - The James Foley Story
Brides for Sale - Sonita
The Cult that Stole Children - Inside the Family
Forever Pure - Football and Racism in Jerusalem