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Jaha's promise / Accidental Pictures and Guardian News & Media present ; a film by Patrick Farrelly and Kate O'Callaghan ; directed & produced by Patrick Farrelly & Kate O'Callaghan.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dukureh, Jaha, 1989 or 1990-.
- Dukureh, Jaha.
- Female genital mutilation--Gambia.
- Female genital mutilation.
- Female genital mutilation--Gambia--Prevention--Citizen participation.
- Women--Gambia--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women's rights--Gambia.
- Women's rights.
- Human rights workers--Gambia--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- Human rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (81 min.)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Zürich, Switzerland] : First Hand Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- Summary:
- A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally. Before trying to change her own family and society, Jaha has to save herself. Full of the raw drama of personal, family, religious and political conflict, "Jaha's Promise" is an extraordinary narrative of individual and social change.
- Participant:
- Featuring Jaha Dukureh.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Kate McCullough ; editing, Sinead Kinnane ; music, Michael Fleming.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 21, 2024).
- Publisher Number:
- fh-jaha Docuseek2
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