Directed by Ousmane SembeneMy rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, New Yorker Films)
A woman stands up to the cruel tradition of female circumcision in her small African village. She uses a tactic called Moolaade, which is sort of an African version of sanctuary, to protect 4 small girls about to be subjected to the knife. The men of the village will have nothing of it, and bully her husband into publicly flogging her to break the spell of Moolaade. All that does is maker her a martyr. A well-produced film that feels slightly manufactured to appeal to global audiences. At times the dialogue seems over-rehearsed, even through the barrier of subtitles.
IMDb
(DVD, New Yorker Films)
A woman stands up to the cruel tradition of female circumcision in her small African village. She uses a tactic called Moolaade, which is sort of an African version of sanctuary, to protect 4 small girls about to be subjected to the knife. The men of the village will have nothing of it, and bully her husband into publicly flogging her to break the spell of Moolaade. All that does is maker her a martyr. A well-produced film that feels slightly manufactured to appeal to global audiences. At times the dialogue seems over-rehearsed, even through the barrier of subtitles.
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