From WomensGrid

This year’s programme includes two empowering films highlighting stories of women’s activism, resistance and solidarity around the world, as well as a short film by a youth filmmaker exploring one woman’s choice of wearing the Hijab.

Filmmakers Janet Goldwater and Barbara Attie will hold a Q&A after the UK Premiere of their stunning documentary Mrs Goundo’s Daughter, about one Malian mother’s fight for asylum in the US to protect her two-year-old daughter from female genital cutting.

Later in the festival comes a special one-off screening of Shirin Neshat’s award-winning Women Without Men set in Iran during the American- and British-backed coup that brought down Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah in 1953.

Thoughts in a Hijab screens as part of the Youth Producing Change programme and explores one woman’s choice to continue wearing the Hijab after emigrating from Iran.

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Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter

Bridging two worlds, Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter tells the moving story of one Malian mother’s fight for asylum in the US to protect her two-year-old daughter from female genital cutting. Expertly interweaving scenes from Mali of girls preparing for an excision ceremony and scenes from Philadelphia where those who have survived the ceremony share their stories, the film demonstrates precisely why and how Mrs. Goundo fights for her daughter and her future.

Filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater in attendance

preceded by:
Sanctuary (4m animation)
Sanctuary is the true story of one woman, Marjorie, who tries to seek asylum in the UK. Speaking of her experiences in her own words, this film illustrates the journey she goes through—her inner journey as she confronts the effects of her torture and her outward journey as she struggles for asylum.

Location: The Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London

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