Moolaadé, Ousmane Sembène (director/writer), 2004

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Moolaadé (2004) is the last film the Senegalese author and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène did before his death in 2007. The film starts with a group of four girls asking a woman, Collé, to protect them from female genital excision (FGE). After two of Collé's daughters had died because of FGE, she refused to let her third daughter be cut. Collé offers

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[ex_triciasu]

Wow, this sounds amazing. I'm going to see if I can find it. Thanks for your post.

[waelisc]

Oh yeah, I want to see this. I just put it on my Netflix queue (surprised but pleased they have it!)

[mllesays]

This movie sounds incredible. Thank you for recommending! I'd also never heard of the Bechdel test, so thanks for the link.