- The UN proposed Dear Daddy's director to use Emma for the English version of the video
The video [Dear Daddy], directed by Swede Jakob Ström for the Norwegian arm of the charity Care International, promotes the message that fathers need to do more than just guard their daughters from physical dangers, they should also work to change attitudes in society.
In the five minute movie, ‘Dear Daddy’, a daughter tells her father about all of the harassment and abuse she will suffer at the hands of men during her lifetime.
“I need to ask you a favour. Warning: it’s about boys. Because, you see, I will be born a girl. Which means by the time I’m 14, the boys in my class will have called me a whore, a bitch, a cunt and many other things. It’s just for fun of course, something boys do. So you won’t worry. And I understand that,” the girl says.
“By the time I turn 16, a couple of the boys will have snuck their hands down my pants while I’m so drunk I can’t even stand straight. And although I say no, they just laugh. It’s funny, right?” the daughter continues.
She then tells her father about how she was raped at 21 by a family friend before finally meeting “Mr. Perfect”. But things don’t stay perfect for long, and the boyfriend begins to both verbally and physically abuse her.
“Dear daddy, this is the favour I want to ask. One thing always leads to another. So please stop it before it gets the chance to begin. Don’t let my brothers call girls whores, because they’re not,” the video says.
Accoring to Vanick [Henrik Vanik, communications director for the charity], the United Nations has contacted Swedish director Jakob Ström to discuss using an international celebrity to revoice the text, such as the British actress Emma Watson. The former Harry Potter star already plays an active role in the UN's 'He for She' projects, which are also strongly backed by Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
EDIT: Emma Watson didn't have time to put the voice over track but its been reported that they tried to get her specifically.
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- Emma is the 6th most reblogged actress on Tumblr in 2015
The first five are Zendaya, Hayley Atwell, Amy Poehler, Scarlett Johansson, and Kristen Stewart.
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- Emma is the 5th most followed British celebrity on Twitter
Harry Styles leads the way in the UK with more than 26 million followers, Adele is close behind on more than 24 million, Liam Payne is third with more than 21 million, Louis Tomlinson is at four with almost 21 million, and Emma Watson is at five with 20 million.
The most followed person is Katy Perry with over 78 millions.
2 comments:
This is an important message. The letter to daddy explains well the effects that figures of speech of which we are are so accustomed to, can do to a girl and eventual woman. RESPECT for life.
I haven't seen this pic of Emma before, how about you guys? https://www.instagram.com/p/vlQ393Cgm3/ It's behind the scenes at her shoot for UN portraits.
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