‘He Named Me Malala’: Special Preview Screening

Girls in the United States don’t risk their lives by going to school. But Malala Yousafzai didn’t have that security. She was only 15 when the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her in 2012 for her outspoken support for women’s education. Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) directed this documentary about Ms. Yousafzai, who in 2014 became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Although the movie is rated PG-13 — it has images of blood and gunshots — the New York International Children’s Film Festival, which is presenting this advance screening, recommends it for viewers 11 and older. Mr. Guggenheim himself will introduce the film, which will be released commercially next Friday.