2nd FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival
Documentary about Senegalese rap star Fatou Mandiang Diatta, alias Sister Fa who fights with her music against female genital cutting. It is not easy for women to be successful in Senegal’s male-dominated rap scene. Sister Fa did it. Subjected to female genital mutilation as a child, the Queen of Hip Hop now campaigns to protect Senegalese girls from a similar fate. In the documentary film Sarabah, she returns to her native village to try to put an end to this centuries-old tradition through music and education.
Awards: Golden Butterfly A Matter of ACT Documentary Award.
Website: http://www.sarabahdocumentary.com/
Trailer: http://youtu.be/ZH47RIMMgS8
Film Courtesy: Movies that Matter programme
SARABAH
Dir: Maria Luisa Gambale & Gloria Bremer
2011, 60 min / USA, Senegal
English, French, German, Wolof, Dioula / English Subtitles
Documentary about Senegalese rap star Fatou Mandiang Diatta, alias Sister Fa who fights with her music against female genital cutting. It is not easy for women to be successful in Senegal’s male-dominated rap scene. Sister Fa did it. Subjected to female genital mutilation as a child, the Queen of Hip Hop now campaigns to protect Senegalese girls from a similar fate. In the documentary film Sarabah, she returns to her native village to try to put an end to this centuries-old tradition through music and education.
Awards: Golden Butterfly A Matter of ACT Documentary Award.
Website: http://www.sarabahdocumentary.com/
Trailer: http://youtu.be/ZH47RIMMgS8
Film Courtesy: Movies that Matter programme
Festival Contact
FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film FestivalEmail: flashpoint.hrff@gmail.comWebsite: www.flashpointfilmfestival.com
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