Outlawed in Pakistan
    View TrailerEnglish and Urdu with English subtitles, 2013, 40 minutes, color, Pakistan/U.S.A., Shorts Competition
    Kainat Soomro, a Pakistani teenager, accuses four men from her village of gang-raping her. She takes her case to the Pakistani courts and faces a deeply flawed criminal-justice system.

    About the Directors

    Habiba Nosheen is a Pakistani filmmaker based in New York. Her radio documentary What Happened at Dos Erres? aired on NPR’s This American Life and was called "a masterpiece of storytelling" by The New Yorker. Previously, she shot and produced the PBS films Surrogacy: Wombs for Rent? and To Adopt a Child. Nosheen is currently directing her next documentary from Pakistan with PBS’s Frontline and also teaches at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.Hilke Schellmann is an award-winning investigative documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. She is currently directing a film from Pakistan for PBS/FRONTLINE. Previously, she has worked on documentaries for HBO and as a producer for National Geographic and German TV. For PBS she shot and produced Surrogacy: Wombs For Rent? Until recently, Schellmann, a Fulbright scholar, spearheaded video coverage for The Wall Street Journal. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Journalism school, where she now teaches. Hilke Schellmann is an award-winning investigative documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. She is currently directing a film from Pakistan for PBS/FRONTLINE. Previously, she has worked on documentaries for HBO and as a producer for National Geographic and German TV. For PBS she shot and produced Surrogacy: Wombs For Rent? Until recently, Schellmann, a Fulbright scholar, spearheaded video coverage for The Wall Street Journal. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Journalism school, where she now teaches.

    Cast and Credits

    Directors: Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann

    Editor: Hemal Trivedi

    Consultant: Diana Holtzberg

    Producers, Cinematographers: Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann

    Contact: Habiba Nosheen / info@h2hfilms.com / (917) 291-0296