Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Wins Humanitarian Award at RiverRun Film Festival
Published: Apr 19, 2024
Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has won a Humanitarian Award for her documentary Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers at the RiverRun International Film Festival.
Our film @peacekeepersdoc just won a human rights award!@GeetaGandbhir & I r proud of brave #bangladesh women story pic.twitter.com/QMyuzxAqMm
— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) April 17, 2024
The documentary is directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Sharmeen Obaid took to Twitter to dedicate it to “the fantastic attitude of Bangladeshi police women.”
Humanrights award is dedicated 2 the fantastic attitude of #Bangladesh policewomen @GeetaGandbhir @peacekeepersdoc pic.twitter.com/vraP9F9n1S
— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) April 17, 2024