Saving Face (0:40) 2011 Pakistan/USA

This Oscar nominated short film is a painful one to watch. Each year more than 100 women are attacked by husbands or suitors. The extremely heinous part of the attack is that the women have aid, battery acid was specially mentioned, thrown into their faces. The burns and disfigurement are horrific and eyesight can also affected. Saving Face addresses the efforts of a Pakistani plastic surgeon who performs surgery on the women. The other focus is on the women legislators who worked tirelessly to pass laws making acid burn attacks a serious crime. Saving Face may take the Oscar but it is so tough to watch, it may get passed over. There is a powerful scene of  the doctor is speaking with a burn victim. Although the doctor is a seasoned veteran, the emotion he fights back as he hears one woman's story is riveting.