Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy bags two Daytime Emmy nominations

Fundamental, the five-episode documentary series was entirely shot in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, USA, and Pakistan

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy helmed documentary has been nominated in two categories for the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy! SOC Films, a Karachi-based film production house, spearheaded by two-time Academy Award and four-time Emmy Award winner Obaid-Chinoy, has been nominated in two categories at the prestigious 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for its international documentary series Fundamental. Gender Justice. No Exceptions by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in New York, stated a press release. 

Produced by SOC Film’s documentary film-makers Safyah Zafar Usmani and Shahrukh Waheed with Obaid-Chinoy as the director, the five-episode international documentary series was entirely shot in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, USA, and Pakistan. Fundamental. Gender justice. No exceptions has been nominated in the categories of Outstanding Short-Form Daytime Non-Fiction program and Outstanding Directing Team for a Single-Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program.

“I am proud of SOC Films and the fact that it's the only production house in Pakistan that has been consistently being nominated and recognised for its work on all the major global platforms and award programs. This series is a collaboration with Global Fund for Women where we are advocating for women rights around the world and highlighting the heroes on the ground, working in grass root communities and the advances they are making in the lives of others,” said Obaid-Chinoy.

A collaboration between SOC Films and Global Fund for Women, the character-driven documentary series Fundamental follows dynamic gender justice activists from five countries who are disrupting the status quo, by agitating and organising to create safe spaces and a safer world for other women, girls, and other historically marginalised people and communities globally.

Each of the five episodes shot internationally profiles a distinct set of remarkable grassroots movements and community leaders, mobilising to initiate new futures for themselves, their societies, and the world.

These incredible stories of community leaders, who are at the front lines of fighting for gender justice, are an inspiration not only to those in their societies but also across the world, and continue to strive to create better futures for themselves and other women.

 In addition to director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and producers Safyah Zafar Usmani and Shahrukh Waheed, the FUNDAMENTAL production crew also featured Directors of Photography Faizan Ali and Nadir Siddiqui, Cameraperson Khurram Victor, Editors and Colorists Husain Qaizer and Sourath Behan, Editors Mishaal Adhami and Anas Ahmed, Sound Design by Sameer Khan, Project Manager Huma Shah, Color Correction of Photography by Murtaza Ali and Line Production by Syed Ayub. The series also features Original Music by Taha Malik with Cameraperson Salome Sagaradze for Georgia and Associate Producers Maureen Wanjiku for Kenya, Nino Isakadze for Georgia and Julia Main for the USA.

The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be celebrated in two live-streamed events on July 17th and July 18th, 2021. 

SOC Films and Obaid-Chinoy have previously won four Emmys: Best Documentary for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Best Documentary and Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form for Saving Face and Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary for her documentary Children of the Taliban.

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