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  1. Hidden Faces (1996 Film, Video)

    Director
    Claire Hunt; Kim Longinotto
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Originally intended as a film about feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, the film is portrayal of the lives of modern Egyptian women in Islamic society. Safaa Fathay, a young Egyptian woman living in Paris,...

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  2. Rites of Passage: Four Stories of Survival (1995 Video)

    Director
    Diane Best
    Subject
    Development studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    The stories of four teenage girls coming of age and the personal cost of this transition. A Nicaraguan girl is addicted to glue sniffing and is slipping into a life of prostitution; an Indian girl has been...

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  3. Warrior Marks (1993 Video)

    Director
    Pratibha Parmar
    Producer
    Alice Walker
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min.

    Writer Alice Walker travels from California to England, Gambia and Senegal, meeting women who are fighting against the practice of female genital mutilation. The film examines some of the cultural and...

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  4. Female Circumcision / A Cruel Ritual (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Louise Panton
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 40 min., 1996 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

    1 (1983): Shows that although illegal, about 90% of women in Khartoum, Sudan, undergo circumcision, often without anaesthetic. The programme ed to an Act of Parliament making the practice illegal in...

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  5. Rites: Female Circumcision and Infibulation (1990 Video)

    Director
    Penny Dedman
    Producer
    Penny Dedman
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £23.00

    Female genetial mutilation (FGM) has been commonplace throughout history. In many parts of the world women and girls are horribly mutilated by loving female relatives or respected medical practitioners. This...

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  6. Sara’s Story

    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies

    Based on real-life accounts by women survivors, this distinctive and engaging animation short provides reliable information on the causes and possible impacts of Female Genital Mutilation. The video, made...

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