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Films We Recommend About FGM

In the Name of Your Daughter
A powerful film by Giselle Portenier about a safe house in Tanzania managed by Hope for Girls and Women that shows the police, courts and safe house working together to save girls from FGM and allows the girls to speak for themselves.  Here is the trailer.
To see about arranging a screening, contact Giselle Portenier at GisellePortenier@rogers.com.

Fighting FGM in the Gambia
A 23 minute film by Judy Aslett, Steve Holloway and Halimatou Ceesay. Halimatou underwent FGM in the Gambia when she was 9 years old. She talks to her mother, her father, health professionals and a former cutter in her campaign to end the practice in The Gambia. During the course of the film, she persuades her sister not to cut her niece.  Watch here. 

My FGM Story
A 33 minute film by Judy Aslett, Laissa Malih and Steve Holloway about the campaign against FGM among the Maasai in Kenya  Laissa Malih is a proud Maasai woman who reports on why most Maasai girls are still undergoing FGM. She wants to change the practise in Kenya and concludes you can be a proud Maasai and a proud woman without cutting girls.  Watch here.  

Secret of the Dawn
A Greek documentary describing different attitudes towards FGM in Mali, including the fight against it. Members of Sini Sanuman are included in the film. This film was shown at Harvard University in conjunction with the Harvard Extension International Relations Club.   Secret of the Dawn is available in DVD from Small Planet.

Moolaadé
A feature film by respected Senegalese director, Ousmane Sembene, Moolaadé follows the story of four girls who are trying to escape FGM, and who find protection (Moolaadé) with a woman who eventually convinces the whole village to end the practice. The film is in Bambara, the local language of Mali. Sini Sanuman aired the film twice on Malian television in 2010.  Moolaadé can be purchased on Amazon.

The Day I Will Never Forget
Follows Somalis in Kenya dealing with FGM.  Director Kim Longinotto profiles women and girls who are suffering the consequences of FGM, and those who are trying to avoid FGM and forced marriage. The film's title poem, written by 10 year old Fouzia Hassan, can be found under Sini Sanuman's "About FGM" section.   The Day I Will Never Forget can be purchased from Women Make Movies.

 
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