Warrior Marks, subtitled "Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women" was produced by Alice Walker and directed by Pratibha Parmar. The 54-minute documentary film examines the phenomenon of female mutilation/circumcision that affects one hundred million women, with all its cultural and political complexities. The film cuts in interviews with women from Senegal, Gambia, Burkino Faso, the United States and England who are concerned with and affected by genital mutilation/circumcision as well as Alice Walker’s personal reflections on the subject.
This film was launched and viewed in 1993 in England as well as the Film Festival but has not been available for viewing or purchase since. I am still trying to track down a copy. This film should be available at every University/College that offers Women's Studies programs. They do not show an actual procedure-taking place in this film because they feel that it would be contributing to the violent act itself in addition to further violating the girls Human Rights.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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