Photos/Video: Oscar Winners Speak at Asia Society in New York

March 6th, 2012

Asia Society Asia 21 Fellow Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (L) and Daniel Junge, directors of the Oscar-winning documentary short 'Saving Face' at Asia Society New York on March 5, 2012. (Suzanna Finley)

Daniel Junge (L) and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. (Suzanna Finley)

L to R: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daniel Junge and La Frances Hui. (Suzanna Finley)

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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, Academy Award winners for their 2011 documentary short Saving Face, which addresses the sensitive topic of acid attacks against women in Pakistan, appeared at Asia Society in New York on Monday evening. After a reception and a standing-room-only screening of the film, Obaid-Chinoy, who was an Asia Society Asia 21 Fellow in 2011, and Junge joined Asia Society Film Curator La Frances Hui on stage for a discussion. Please find photos from the evening above, and watch the question-and-answer session in its entirety below. HBO will begin airing Saving Face on March 8.

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Photos/Video: Oscar Winners Speak at Asia Society in New York

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