It’s often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortable. Change only comes about when people are forced to discuss an issue, and that’s what I hope my films do.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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I believe in telling the truth.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

All the women in Pakistan working for change, don’t give up on your dreams, this is for you.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Don’t give up your dreams.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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When you play music, you don’t need a language. Music is a language.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

In terms of ‘Saving Face,’ I was inspired by the stories of survivors who didn’t let their attacks stop them from pursuing justice and seeking treatment.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Education liberates a woman.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I don’t think I’ll be making documentaries my whole life.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I’d like to do a film in Canada, but it’s too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there’s too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I think perhaps Pakistan can take the lead. Perhaps Turkey can as well, being part of Europe. But someone has to start talking about why the Muslim world has become a boiling pot and look beyond these cartoons to what the ideological reasons are for this divide.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Music is a universal language.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don’t want to talk about is difficult.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

It’s often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortable. Change only comes about when people are forced to discuss an issue, and that’s what I hope my films do.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan’s image.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I’m generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

By giving our audience intimate access to the lives of musicians, we hope to raise awareness of the region’s beautiful cultural heritage and present a more nuanced portrait of its people.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

As filmmakers, you’re not working on just one project, you’re producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to do it by yourself.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense of the cultural context that makes the film special.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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