Moolaadé / Doomireew Films ; New Yorker Films presents a Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso)/Centre Cinématographique Marocain (Maroco)/Cinétélé Films (Tunisia)/Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) co-production with contribution from La Commission Européenne: Fonds European de Développement du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et du Ministère de la Culture ... ; written and directed by Ousmane Sembene.

Set in a small village, four young girls face ritual "purification" decide to flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from the mutilation. Collé invokes the time-honored custom of moolaadé (sanctuary) to prot...

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Contributors:	Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007, Coulibaly, Fatoumata, Diarra, Hélène, Traoré, Salimata, Zeïda, Dominique T., Compaoré, Mah, Dao, Aminata
Corporate Contributors:	Films Domirev (Firm), New Yorker Films., Burkina Faso. Direction de la cinématographie nationale., Centre cinématographique marocain., Cinétéléfilms (Firm), Films de la Terre Africaine (Firm), New Yorker Video (Firm)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Dyula French English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : New Yorker Video, [2007]
Subjects:	Female genital mutilation > Africa > Drama. Mothers and daughters > Africa > Drama. Asylum, Right of > Africa > Drama. Clitoridectomy. Female genital mutilation. Intersex genital mutilation. Africa > Drama.

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Call Number:	[VIDEODSC] DVD 1872
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Call Number:	[DVD] PN1995.9.A43 S46 2007
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