Coca-Cola partners with Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy to promote positivity Karachi, May 04, 2012: Academy Award (Oscar)

winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Co ca-Cola Pakistan have partnered to bring out a series of six documentaries on in spirational Pakistanis, as part of Coca-Cola's Reasons to Believe campaign. This campaign projects the many reasons to believe in Pakistan, despite all the nega tivity that presently exists in society. The premiere of the first documentary w as held on Friday in Karachi and was attended by a cross-section of society that included corporate executives, professionals, students, people from the arts an d entertainment industry and members of the Pakistani media. The title of the documentaries series is Ho Yaqeen, with each of the six documenta ries being a positive story relating to one individual from a different region o f the country. The first documentary is the story of Sabina Khatri, a woman of g reat courage, working in the troubled low-income area of Lyari in Karachi. Sabin a has made it her lifes mission to impart education to the under-privileged child ren in her community, fighting against huge odds to do so. Sharmeen's documentaries are a natural fit with Coca-Cola's campaign, as these hi ghlight the stories of 'uncelebrated heroes' in Pakistan; people who have made s elfless contributions to their communities and fellow human beings, without the expectation of any reward. stated Rizwan U. Khan, General Manager of Coca-Cola fo r Pakistan and Afghanistan, while commenting on the partnership. Also at the premier Academy Award (Oscar) winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy said Ho Ya qeen brings forth astounding and remarkable stories from Kashmir to Karachi; our characters are ordinary citizens who have achieved extraordinary feats through a determined will and desire to change their country. I hope that their successe s and struggles will resonate and inspire audiences and will make citizens all o ver the country drive to follow their example. The documentaries have been developed entirely by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and her team, employing the very creative genius that won her an Oscar for her documenta ry Saving Face earlier this year. Like Coca-Cola, she too firmly believes that w hen the message is clearly positive, people are encouraged to overcome their per sonal challenges and strive to spread positivity amongst others. By highlighting inspirational people who are the uncelebrated heroes of our society, the messag e is clear that change is possible when people come together and strive to bette r their country. Coca-Cola will be airing the documentaries on multiple televisi on channels starting May 20, 2012.

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with more than 700,000 system employees. For more information, please www.thecoca-colacompany.com or follow us on Twitte r at twitter.com/CocaColaCo. ABOUT SHARMEEN OBAID CHINOY Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is an Academy Award and Emmy Award winning documentary fil mmaker. In 2012 Time Magazine named her as one of 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE arou nd the world. Her films include SAVING FACE, TRANSGENDERS: PAKISTANS OPEN SECRET AND PAKISTANS TALIBAN GENERATION, which aired on PBS, Channel 4, CBC, SBS and Art e and was the recipient of the Alfred I Dupont Award as well as The Association for International Broadcasting award. Sharmeen has made over a dozen-multi award winning films in over 10 countries around the world and is the first non-Americ an to be awarded the Livingston Award for best international reporting. In 2007, Sharmeen was awarded the broadcast journalist of the year award in the UK by One World Media for her work in a series of documentary films for Channel 4, which included a film about xenophobia in South Africa THE NEW APARTHEID. Her other films have been awarded The Overseas Press Club Award, The American Women in Radio and Television Award, The Cine Golden Eagle award and the Banff Rockie Award. Sharmeens work centers around human rights and womens issues and she has worked wi th refugees and marginalized communities from Saudi Arabia to Syria and from Tim or Leste to the Philippines. Sharmeen was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and received a bachelors degre e from Smith College and two masters degree from Stanford University. For more information on SOC Films visit www.socfilms.com For press and publicity queries on Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy please contact Anam Tos eef, anamtoseef@lotus.pk.com, +92 301 848 99 22 at Lotus Client Management & Pub lic Relations.