Pakistan's Oscar hope eyes bigger prize -- law reform

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history by winning Pakistan's first Oscar four years ago. Now she's back in Hollywood, hoping to scoop a second Academy Award for her harrowing film about a teenage girl shot in the face by her own family. "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" tells the story of 19-year-old Saba who was beaten, shot and thrown into the river after she ran off to marry her fiance, whom her family initially accepted -- and then decided was too poor.

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