- Country:
- Genres: Biography, Documentary, Music
- Release: 2016-04-08 (USA) (Cleveland International Film Festival), 2016-04-08 (USA) (Sarasota Film Festival), 2016-04-09 (USA), 2016-04-15 (USA) (Wisconsin Film Festival), 2016-04-16 (USA) (Dallas International Film Festival), 2016-04-27 (USA) (San Francisco International Film Festival), 2016-04-30 (Canada) (Hot Docs International Documentary Festival), 2016-04-30 (USA) (Montclair Film Festival), 2016-05-26 (Germany)
- Director: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- Writers: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
- Language: English | Persian | Dari
- Stars: Sonita Alizadeh , Latifah Alizadeh , Fadia Alizadeh
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: 21 wins & 9 nominations
- AKA: Sonita (United Kingdom) , Sonita , Sonita (France, French Republic) , ソニータ (Japan) , Сонита (Russian Federation) , Σονίτα (Greece) , Sonita (Finland) , Sonita (Finland) , Sonita (Germany)
- Plot: After her family attempts to sell her into marriage, a young Afghan refugee in Iran channels her frustrations and seizes her destiny through music. Grabbing the mic, she spits fiery rhymes in the face of oppressive traditions.
- IMDB:tt5278928
Sonita Cast · · · ALL
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Director
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami
Herself
Cori Shepherd Stern
Herself, executive director, Strongheart Group