In the Name of Your Daughter ⎜WHY STORIES? ⎜(Trailer)

A story about some of the most courageous girls in the world, children like feisty 12-year old Rosie Makori who ran away from her home in Northern Tanzania to save herself from female genital mutilation (FGM) and the child marriage her parents had planned for her.

Terrified of stories of girls bleeding to death during the chillingly named ‘cutting season’ during the school holidays in December, these young African girls, some as young as eight, must face the most difficult choice of their young lives: submit to being cut or risk their lives and run away, not knowing if they’ll ever see their families again.

Set in the stunning landscape of East Africa’s Serengeti district, this is ultimately a hopeful story of brave young girls standing up for their human rights and fighting for change in their community.

Director: Giselle Portenier
Released: 2018

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