He Named Me Malala (2015)

We have been on a mini-documentary run of late.  One a week.  It is modest, but yet another way to expand what we know and how we learn it.  College is over in our house, so it is time to find another way.
This is the telling of the story of Malala Yousafzei, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the girl who was shot by the Taliban because she advocated the education of women.
 First off, let me just say that it is a great and inpirational story, but the telling of it is a little bit unsatisfying.  The very best part of the story is the retelling of an ancient traditional tale involving a girl named Malala that inspires her people to rise up in battle.  That is wonderfully told and the parallels are left to the viewer's imagination.  Not so with the rest of the movie, which has a bit of a heavy hand about it.  All in all, well worth watching and marveling at a remarkable young woman who became an icon for good.