Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
Screening: 7:30 pm PROMPT (doors open at 7:00pm)
Discussion with Director Davis Guggenheim: 9:00-9:30 pm
Executive Members only, No Charge.
Please email admin@thecommongood.net or call us at 212-599-7040 to RSVP.He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist in Pakistan who was nearly killed by the Taliban in 2012 while on her way home from school and who last year was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The film depicts how Malala, her father and other family members continue to champion education as a right for youth around the world.
Davis Guggenheim is highly acclaimed director known for his previous films, An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for Superman, among others.
To view the trailer, click here.
Sincere thanks to Participant Media and Fox Searchlight for making this event possible.