Saving Face- Heather Goslin

Some people in class said that what we saw in Saving Face was not shocking because they already knew about it or know how some women are treated in Pakistan. For me, I did not know about acid attacks and it was just so shocking to see what humans are capable of doing to another person. It disgusts me to know that something so traumatic was happening to the women in the documentary and most of the men would get away with it. In the end, justice, but I would not really call this a happy ending because women are still suffering from the attacks.

            While watching Saving Face, I actually thought about the woman staring at herself in the mirror in the beginning of The House is Black. The way she stared at herself, thinking, “Who is this woman?” I know many of the women in Saving Face feel the same way. The people with leprosy and the victims of acid attacks have been through extremely traumatic events in their lives. I could not imagine going through either thing. The astonishing thing about most of the effected people is that it seems like the never give up. Yes, some said they wanted to end their lives or are very depressed, but in the end, they pull through. In both films, the camera showed many clips of laughing children, smiling faces, and people playing games. All were amazing to see in the midst of such tragedy.