The Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their fa... Read allThe Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their father Yaser Said back in 2008.The Price of Honor is a documentary about the murders of Sarah and Amina Said, two teenage sisters from Texas who were killed in a premeditated Honor Killing planned and executed by their father Yaser Said back in 2008.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Amina Said
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sarah Said
- Self
- (archive footage)
Yaser Said
- Self - Most Wanted
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaYaser Abdel Said was finally arrested on August 27, 2020 after being on the FBIs top ten fugitive list for over 12 years. Also arrested were his son, Islam Said and Yaser's brother, Yassim Said, for harboring a fugitive.
- SoundtracksA Night Without Armor
Performed by Adam's Attic
Courtesy of Adam's Attic Publishing
Words and Music by Joe Henry, Derek Henry, Scott Boaz, Frank DeSalvo and Joe Blanchard
Featured review
Helplessness. Frustration. Repulsion. Rage. Grief. Emptiness. And sadness - a deep, lingering sadness that grips you and wont let go.
These are but a taste of the myriad of intense emotions that the story of Amina and Sarah Said will take hold in your heart, and stay with you long after it has played out to its conclusion.
For me its been since that night long ago, likely sometime in 2008, when the tragedy of the Said sisters first came to light on America's Most Wanted. This docudrama begins with that tape - that 911 tape I first heard on AMW. That tape was presented on that first airing, and replayed on repeated airings as the hunt for Yaser Said continued for months, then years. That tape has haunted me until this very day. Admittedly, hearing it again brought forth all those emotions again in an instant, and tears started to flow. All the questions that originated from that night came flooding back - the main one being "How can this happen here in America?" And yet in the ensuing years we've come to know that it was all too real -- that Yaser was, and is, one of the most despicably evil souls ever to walk our American shores.
You cannot have a shred of decency in you and not feel rage toward the so-called father of these two teen girls, and toward his family of protectors. You will also feel intense emotion over the continued denial of their cowardly American mother. Part of us can understand it was her self-preservation kicking in, based on a very real fear over what could happen to her. But still, its all so inexcusable.
You will also come to understand - as much as it can be understood - the cultural discrepancies that exist that would allow a crime such as this to ever be acceptable on any level.
The team that put this together did a solid job, no doubt at times putting themselves at great risk from a family of brothers and those who would help to protect them at any cost. I commend them for their determination to doing this right, and seeing it through to what was at the time in 2013 an empty conclusion.
One weakness of this film is it puts heavy emphasis on the older sister Amina, while keeping Sarah in the distant background for most of it. While they had full access to Amina's boyfriend and his mother, its likely they were unable to get cooperation from the family of Sarah's love interest. One can fully understand a family's apprehension to participate in this due to the risk it would entail.
The one satisfying factor in all of this is that a resolution finally came about in 2020. I dont feel its any type of spoiler to add this, as it would be common knowledge to anyone who has followed the case over the years.
Sarah and Amina, I pray for your souls. You didnt deserve the fate you encountered. But you have touched so many hearts with your vibrancy, your spirit, your love of life. Neither of you will ever be forgotten. Certainly not by me. Not for a moment.
These are but a taste of the myriad of intense emotions that the story of Amina and Sarah Said will take hold in your heart, and stay with you long after it has played out to its conclusion.
For me its been since that night long ago, likely sometime in 2008, when the tragedy of the Said sisters first came to light on America's Most Wanted. This docudrama begins with that tape - that 911 tape I first heard on AMW. That tape was presented on that first airing, and replayed on repeated airings as the hunt for Yaser Said continued for months, then years. That tape has haunted me until this very day. Admittedly, hearing it again brought forth all those emotions again in an instant, and tears started to flow. All the questions that originated from that night came flooding back - the main one being "How can this happen here in America?" And yet in the ensuing years we've come to know that it was all too real -- that Yaser was, and is, one of the most despicably evil souls ever to walk our American shores.
You cannot have a shred of decency in you and not feel rage toward the so-called father of these two teen girls, and toward his family of protectors. You will also feel intense emotion over the continued denial of their cowardly American mother. Part of us can understand it was her self-preservation kicking in, based on a very real fear over what could happen to her. But still, its all so inexcusable.
You will also come to understand - as much as it can be understood - the cultural discrepancies that exist that would allow a crime such as this to ever be acceptable on any level.
The team that put this together did a solid job, no doubt at times putting themselves at great risk from a family of brothers and those who would help to protect them at any cost. I commend them for their determination to doing this right, and seeing it through to what was at the time in 2013 an empty conclusion.
One weakness of this film is it puts heavy emphasis on the older sister Amina, while keeping Sarah in the distant background for most of it. While they had full access to Amina's boyfriend and his mother, its likely they were unable to get cooperation from the family of Sarah's love interest. One can fully understand a family's apprehension to participate in this due to the risk it would entail.
The one satisfying factor in all of this is that a resolution finally came about in 2020. I dont feel its any type of spoiler to add this, as it would be common knowledge to anyone who has followed the case over the years.
Sarah and Amina, I pray for your souls. You didnt deserve the fate you encountered. But you have touched so many hearts with your vibrancy, your spirit, your love of life. Neither of you will ever be forgotten. Certainly not by me. Not for a moment.
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- May 21, 2022
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