He Named Me Malala, the intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, will be released on Digital HD™ and DVD on 29th February. Telling the story of Malala, who was targetted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley at 15 years old.
She was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund and in 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) and producers Walter Parkes (Catch Me If You Can, The Slap) and Laurie MacDonald (The Kite Runner, Flight) shows us how Malala, her father Zia and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide. The film gives us an inside glimpse into this extraordinary young girl’s life – from her close relationship with her father who inspired her love for education, to her impassioned speeches at the UN, to her everyday life with her parents and brothers.
£1 from every HE NAMED ME MALALA DVD sold will be donated to The Malala Fund, whose goal is to enable girls to complete 12 years of safe, quality education so that they can achieve their potential and be positive change-makers in their families and communities.