It’s a Girl

Ébano Stories · Kenya, Spain, United States

Asha Ismail was born in Kenya in 1968 and, like most girls in her community, was cut at the age of five. Forced marriage and a life under men’s control seemed written for her, as for her mother and grandmother. In this film she sets out to show that female genital mutilation is not only an African practice, and to deliver one million signatures to the United Nations in New York to push for a global response. Directed by Hayat Traspas.

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