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CUT is a documentary that examines the subject of male circumcision from a religious, scientific and ethical perspective. Using cutting-edge research, in addition to interview footage of rabbis,...
The Pokot people live in a small region straddling the border of Uganda and Kenya. This film presents the consequences of female genital mutilation through the testimonies of Pokot women, doctors and social...
Investigates the belief that circumcision can protect men from HIV, and asks whether it is tribal superstition or genuine scientific hope. Many in Africa are being led seek backstreet circumcisions in a...
Follows the traditional Jewish circumcision of an infant who ended up being treated for severe septicaemia three days after the procdure. Dr Jenny Goodman suggests that circumcision among Jews, Muslims and...
Documentary about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts his hopes and anxieties on this important day of his life...
Gives the reasons for circumcision, excluding those for religious and racial reasons, and discusses techniques of surgical removal of prepuce.
Male circumcision is the centre of a ritual which marks a stage in the male life cycle. Concerns an Islamic group in Tanzania and shows a part of the typical pattern of these rites - separation from the old,...
The object of the series of films was to create a scientific record of the traditional life of Aboriginal people in the Western Desert of Australia. They concentrate on the subsistence technology of the...
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