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Title:

The day I will never forget / Channel Four Television Corporation ; Women Make Movies in association with HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films ; a film by Kim Longinotto.

Publisher:

Dist. by Women Make Movies,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Female circumcision--Kenya.
Women--Kenya--Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Circumcision, Female.
Kenya.
Documentary films directed by women.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Longinotto, Kim. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94039925
Channel Four (Great Britain) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86808560
Women Make Movies (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84173790
HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004120001

Summary:

This film examines the practice of female genital mutilation in Kenya and the pioneering African women who are bravely reversing the tradition. Women speak candidly about the practice and explain its cultural significance within Kenyan society. From gripping testimonials by young women who share the painful aftermath of their trauma to interviews with elderly matriarchs who stubbornly stand behind the practice, the filmmaker paints a complex portrait of the current polemics and conflicts that have allowed this procedure to exist well into modern times.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64130406

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)