DOXA 2010 Movie Trailer - Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement To End Female Genital Mutilation

Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement To End Female Genital Mutilation
Paula Heredia, Kenya / Mali / Somalia / Tanzania, 2009, 62 minutes
Saturday, May 15 2010 | 12:00pm | Pacific Cinémathèque

http://www.doxafestival.ca/festival/films/africa_rising.html

Across Africa, women are leading a grassroots movement to end the 5,000-year-old practice of female genital mutilation. From the Horn of Africa to the Western shores of the sub-Saharan nations, 6,000 girls are subjected to a practice called female genital mutilation (FGM) every day. And every day with little more than determination and deep love for their communities, activists are leading the path to break the silence about this tradition. Together, these women and men have created a formidable grassroots movement to end FGM. A look at the frontlines of a quiet revolution taking the African continent by storm, this powerful film is one of the first to focus on African solutions to FGM.

Masterfully directed by Emmy Award winner Paula Heredia, Africa Rising travels through remote villages in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Somalia and Tanzania, painting an intimate portrait of courageous individuals whose passion for justice is changing the course of history. The film celebrates girls like Beatrice and Edna Kandie, sisters who fled their home after learning their father was planning to cut them, and succeeded in getting a court order of protection against him. The film also tells the moving story of Fanta Camara from Mali, who despite years of suffering from injuries as a result of FGM, blossoms into a bright young woman. Other girls, however, have faced ultimate tragedy, such as Tato, a teenage anti-FGM activist who lost her life to FGM.

Weaving together the poignant stories of girls personally affected by FGM, the film shows how African women and men are putting 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 build their campaign. Africa Rising will leave the viewer cheering for these unlikely heroines who share their conviction that ending female genital mutilation is within reach and visible on the horizon.

http://www.doxafestival.ca/festival/films/africa_rising.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• doxafestival
• doxa
• documentary
• africa
• rising
• female
• genital
• mutilation

[64Hulya]

Hebrew religion came couldn't stop, Christianity came, Islam came couldn't stop this sick tradition. I am Muslim & we never do this. Arabs tried to stop this African culture but they were not successful. Arabs were worse before Islam came they were berrying their baby girls alive. That is why God sent Islam & other religions to stop abuse towards women. I hope this sick culture will be stopped. I am so lucky born in Turkey & proud being Muslim that we never have this type of sick culture.

[bubbiz99]

How can a woman do this to a girl? Don't they remember how bad it was for them? I'm glad that I am an American!!!

[TheMsxoxo22]

FIST of all i would like to tell all of you who do this !! ehy the fuck would you do such a horrible thing to luttle girls ... you are fucking craz !!!!