--- title: 'He Named Me Malala (2015)' type: 'film' director: 'Davis Guggenheim' released: '2015-10-22' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Documentary' countries: - 'United Arab Emirates' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/he-named-me-malala-2015' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3065132/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # He Named Me Malala (2015) 2015 · 88 min · Documentary · United Arab Emirates, United States ## Synopsis He Named Me Malala is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim. The film presents the young Pakistani female activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who has spoken out for the rights of girls, especially the right to education, since her early childhood. The film also recounts how she survived and has become even more eloquent in her quest after being hunted down and shot by a Taliban gunman as part of the organization's violent opposition to girls' education in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. The title refers to the Afghan folk hero Malalai of Maiwand, after whom her father named her. ## Credits - **Director:** [Davis Guggenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/davis-guggenheim) - **Producer:** [Davis Guggenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/davis-guggenheim), [Walter F. Parkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-f-parkes), [Laurie MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurie-macdonald), [David Diliberto](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-diliberto) - **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman) - **Director of Photography:** [Erich Roland](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-roland) - **Editor:** [Brad Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-fuller-2), [Greg Finton](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-finton), [Brian Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-johnson) ## Cast - [Malala Yousafzai](https://cinepixo.com/people/malala-yousafzai) - [Ziauddin Yousafzai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziauddin-yousafzai) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.henamedmemalalamovie.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/he-named-me-malala-2015 Film facts: Wikidata (Q19878674); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.