Sharmeen Obaid's 'A Girl in the River' Wins Best Documentary At The Emmys 2017

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary  A Girl in the River wins the Best Documentary awards at the 38th annual news and documentary Emmy Awards.

The ceremony took place in New York. Sharmeen took to Twitter to recently announce the award.

A Girl in the River is the story of a young survivor of honour killing.

The documentary,  A Girl in the River has grabbed three nominations in categories  Best Documentary, Outstanding Short Documentary and Outstanding Music and Sound.

 

We won!!! @newsemmys Best documentary! @SOCFilms pic.twitter.com/FDnPDhPwsZ

— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) October 6, 2017

Congrats team @SOCFilms what a great win tonight at the @newsemmys for Best documentary! #pakistan pic.twitter.com/hcjcKbI2m0

— Sharmeen Obaid (@sharmeenochinoy) October 6, 2017