| Description |
1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Across Africa, women are leading a grassroots movement to end the 5,000 year old practice of female genital mutilation. With little more than a fierce determination and deep love for their communities, brave African activists are leading a formidable, fearless grassroots movement to put an end to this human rights violation. Convincing circumcisers to lay down their knives, engaging the police to implement the law, and honing leadership skills in girls, these determined activists have been working tirelessly for years to conceptualize their campaign. This film paints an intimate portrait of the broadly based but little-known anti-FGM movement and shows that courageous, creative, and resourceful individuals can change the course of history |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a documentary in 2008 |
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Film clip and additional information on the film available online |
| Credits |
Edited by Paula Heredia, Anne Alvergue ; principal photography, Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir, Paula Heredia ; writer consultant, Laurens Grant ; original music composed and performed by Yunasi, Idrissa Traoré, Djibril Diabaté ; interviews and field translations, Taina Bien-Aimé, Caroline Osero-Ageng'o, Faiza Jama Mohamed |
| Performer |
Narrator, Efua Dorkenoo |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD |
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In English, French, Somali and Swahili with English subtitles |
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Available for Deakin staff and students only |
| Subject |
Female circumcision -- Africa.
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Female circumcision -- Africa -- Prevention.
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Female circumcision -- Africa -- Attitudes.
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Female circumcision -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa.
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Political activists -- Africa.
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Women -- Africa -- Social conditions.
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Circumcision, Female -- ethics.
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Dissent and Disputes.
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Politics.
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Social Conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000349 |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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| Author |
Heredia, Paula, director, producer
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Bien-Aimé, Taina, producer
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Mohamed, Faiza Jama, producer
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Neuwirth, Jessica, producer
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Dorkenoo, Efua, narrator
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Equality Now (Organization)
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Heredia Pictures.
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Women Make Movies (Firm)
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