On Assignment

A conversation with Academy award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy about her documentary "A Girl in the River," which tells the story of Saba, a Pakistani woman who survives an attempted honor killing at the hands of her father and uncle. The story takes an unexpected turn when she chooses to forgive the perpetrators. “A Girl in the River” won a duPont-Columbia Award in 2017 and an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 2016. You can watch “A Girl in the River” on HBO now, as well as Obaid-Chinoy's other work, “Pakistan: Children of the Taliban” and “Saving Face.”