Film-making for change: “My camera is my weapon”

Khan was compelled to shoot her first documentary, about the London ‘honour’ killing of Banaz Mahmod, because it was a story no other news organisation was telling.

Mahmod’s story triggered something in Khan; she felt compelled to document the story of the 20-year-old London resident of Iraqi and Kurdish heritage who was murdered by her family in January 2006 after divorcing her abusive husband and falling in love with another man.

Without any formal training, Khan Googled filmmaking tips and editing techniques and then set about telling Banaz Mahmod’s story.

Khan told IBC365: “My films are important and personal and I had not been satisfied by what I was seeing…I am driven by