Project Fiftyone

New Zealand Production
Feature 2025 Documentary 85.00 minutes
Marzia20and20 Children Top10
A Young Muslim couple, Bariz Shah (25) and Saba Afrasyabi (24), leave for their birth country Afghanistan to fund 51 microbusinesses to honour the 51 Muslims martyred on March 2019, in their hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand. They buy a camera and record as they work closely with their recipients, changing lives with only US$250. Bariz and Saba's own stories as Muslims living in the West weave through this story of making a powerful choice to meet hate with love.

Directors

Gaylene Barnes

Producers

Virginia Wright

Screenplay Writers

Gaylene Barnes
Virginia Wright

Crew

Emma Smart | Editor
Mark Lapwood NZCS ACS | Director of Photography
Russel Walder | Music
Chris Sinclair | Sound Design

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