Member review

He named me Malala is a film/documentary about the life of Malala Yousafzai, a young girl from Pakistan who stood up for children's rights to education. This film gives an amazing and educational look into her life and her country, it details everything from her birth to where she is now, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The film begins with a beautiful animated scene about a different girl named Malala, one who inspired the Pakistani people into fighting back against British invaders, this Malala was shot and killed in the battle.

This is an almost identical story to Malala Yousafzai's.

Though the story is centred around Malala, it is also her father's story, Ziauddin Yousafzai is a teacher and a public speaker. Malala, along with her father, spoke out against the Taliban, and this resulted in the assassination attempt on Malala's life.

This is where the story diverges from the intro story, Malala Yousafzai survived a shot to the head.

The film is split into sections, documentary style interviews followed by visually great animated scenes depicting important events.

I find it extremely hard to find a fault with this film. The only thing that stood out wasn't anything to do with the film, (The cinema had some technical issues).

And so I have failed to find any faults I could see.

This film gave me a sense of awe and a requirement for action. It made me happy to see this young girl becoming such a powerful political speaker, as her beliefs are almost entirely in line with my own.

Normally when watching these films as a part of film club I, along with a few friends, make a couple of remarks, they are rare of course. Once the film started gaining momentum there were no more "witty" remarks, there was silence as we ingested the events we saw on screen.

To summarise, this is a fantastic film that touches on many emotions and is able to bring you down to earth.

It is great on all accounts.

Nuff said.