A group of women break cultural taboos surrounding female sexuality, support each other in overcoming the trauma of female genital mutilation, and take back ownership of their bodies.
Country : Canada Year : 2023 Length : 75 minutes Production : Office National du Film du Canada Director : Habibata Ouarme, Jim Donovan Screenplay : Habibata Ouarme, Jim Donovan
Fatima, Safieta Sawadogo, Zainabou Ouedraogo, Papa Ladjiké Diouf
Habibata Ouarme is a Canadian filmmaker with family roots in Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Member of a non-profit organization assisting immigrant and racialized women in Quebec. Her first documentary explores the phenomenon of female genital mutilation from the perspective of those who’ve experienced it.
Filmmaker in Canada, Jim Donovan has filmed several dramatic series and movies. His film "3 Seasons" won a Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2008 Whistler Film Festival. In 2013, he won multiple awards for television series and telefilms.
