On Her Shoulders

This is half of a good film; I feel infinitely for Nadia, and in moments where Bombach interrogates the ways in which the US media and various political bodies have co-opted her tale to denounce ISIS (and advocate for more conflict in affected regions) or to push individual…

Felix Hubble

Independent Film Spirit Award Screener: #5 A powerful story of courage and pain and bravery unfortunately weakened by weak editing and structuring, On Her Shoulders struggles to deliver anything more than a news report could. On Her Shoulders' main problem is its…

nathan

We ask too much of those who have been through too much. It’s perverse that Nadia has to recount her horrific story of sexual slavery again and again, just so western audiences will pay attention. On Her Shoulders shows, with painful intimacy, the emotional toll of being…

Chloe

The scene where Nadia, future queen of the world, was at Rideau Centre, shopping at Old Navy and the Hudson's Bay, made my inner Ottawa homegrown jump out!

David Cuevas

Another great doc to add to list of excellent documentaries of 2018. If you thought RBG was only strong woman to have a doc, this one on activist Nadia Murad is another good one. Just her confidence and her strength to carry on after what happened to her in 2014 is quite…

Ian Bulaclac

the featured activist and all the people she is representing repeatedly stress how one of the most important things to them is that their unique religion and culture is not allowed to be disappeared. this documentary, which due to its awards show nominations is probably the…

tom

Documentary profiles of courageous activists are a dime a dozen, but I can’t recall one that made the work of trying to change the world look quite as soul-crushing. Director Alexandria Bombach’s subject is 23-year-old Nadia Murad, a member of the Kurdish Yazidi religious…

Scott Renshaw

Nadia Murad gets 5 stars. She has the strength of a lioness and the courage of an army. When you see what she endured compared to what people complain about in the west it really does seem like we've lost our way somewhat. Unfortunately, this doco did not do its…

Matthew Rice

Nadia Murad survived sexual slavery which began when ISIS invaded her village in northern Iraq and killed most of the men and enslaved most of the women and children. She is now a UN Goodwill Ambassador who advocates for the Yazidi people. A powerful portrait.

Peter Valerio