The Cut -teaser (documentary on female genital mutilation)

See the entire film on http://www.thecutdocumentary.org




"The Cut" is a documentary about Mary (14 years old) and Alice (early 20s) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting.

Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting.

Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, she has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition.

Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the community around her, as to why circumcision is practiced. Mary, on the other hand, has no voice. She just goes through the preparations and rituals in silence.

The Cut focuses on female genital mutilation as it still is practiced (and the reasons for this) in Africa, specifically in Kenya. Although fgm is against the law in Kenya, it is still being practiced among ethnic groups that have traditionally practiced it for centuries. In most of these groups, close to 100% of all girls are still being mutilated.

Director/writer: Linda May Kallestein

Main photographer: Justo N. Casal

Editor: Trine Nordmark Børstad

Producer: Phantomfilm

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• FGM
• The Cut
• Kenya
• genital cutting

[RoseFink]

FGM shows us how superstition has such a powerful grasp of humans who have been steeped in a tradition that they cannot easily see the obvious harm caused by such irrational behavior.

The young woman who stands up against circumcision and plans to become a doctor is heroic. I wish her well in her campaign to eradicate circumcision.

[enithhernandez]

wow... how can we tell this people that what they are doing is not wanted by 'God', or that they are harming their girls? This is a horrific tradition, same as the one we practice here with the boys. So unfortunate :(

[stevolution666]

@nkmacferson that is a seriously mis-guided statement

[MySnaz]

" This is our tradition, and was given to us by God". No, you , as a woman was made a certain way by God, and He doesn't make mistakes. So, there is no need to mutilate women, and blame God.

[nkmacferson]

@enithhernandez male circumcision is not a horrific tradition, rather it is one large step for mankind.

uncircumcised men are gross weirdos

[reevesladii9]

peope blame sum of the stupidest shit on god,this shit is clearly from the devil

[chutchybo]

omg

[Rockfeller188]

And still have people saying modernizations is evil... evil is in all cultures, idiocy too.... this FGM isn't a thing the whites brought to Afrika, but is from Afrika!!!!

[shortiefoeva3]

...yet we do this to baby boys every day... my question is: Why would God put something on our bodies if he just wants us to cut it off at birth?... think about it

[SilentBloodShed]

poor girls :( this is terrible..FGM is so wrong

[Ericbishop9]

hello this is good,congratulations for the big and good work.this will open up the minds of many,its time to get up and help the suffering people