Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Speaks Out At Chime For Change Concert

Two-time Oscar winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has become a global icon and had a wonderful run last year with multiple releases and awards. Having recently won the Humanitarian Award at the 18th annual River Run International Film Festival for her film, Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers, the acclaimed director is making headlines, once again, for all the right reasons.

Chinoy hosted the Chime for Change concert as part of the Global Citizen Festival, 2016 which was held in New York City this past weekend. She also took to her Twitter account and shared a backstage picture with international stars, including Priyanka Chopra (the co-host), Jada Pinkett Smith and Salma Hayek (co-founder of Chime for Change), who were there to support this brilliant initiative. The tweet read, “Backstage at Global Citizen before going up to talk about creating a more just world for women.”

The festival presented a diverse cast of change-makers who promised to help bring about global goals including gender equality, peace and justice in strong governmental institutions, clean water and sanitation, among other issues. In addition, this star-studded affair also included performances from the likes of Rihanna, Metallica, Eddie Vedder, Usher and Chris Martin.

Coming back to Chinoy, the sequel to her 2015 animated film 3 Bahadur is expected to release on December 15, circa 2016. Titled 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam, the film features the voice(s) of actors Fahad Mustafa, Behroze Subzwari, Sarwat Gillani, Ahmad Ali Butt, Zeba Shahnaz and Ali Gul Pir.

 —Originally published in The News