In the Name of Your Daughter (2018)
85 min
Terrified of stories of girls bleeding to death, young Tanzanian children face a terrible choice: whether to submit to female genital mutilation and child marriage, or risk their lives and run away from home. Rhobi Samwelly, a brave local hero, stands up to her community and provides a Safe House to protect the courageous girls. Although female genital mutilation (FGM) is harmful and illegal, in Northern Tanzania it is widely believed that girls' clitorises must be cut off to reduce promiscuity. Mutilated girls also demand twice the bride price as uncut girls. The chillingly named 'cutting season' runs through the school holidays in December. Now, some of the most courageous girls in the world, some as young as eight, are leaving everyone they love behind to run to a Safe House, not knowing if they'll ever see their families again.
- Release date
- March 20, 2018
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Andrea Wettstein
Cast
- Rhobi Samwelly as Self - Founder of Mugumu Women's Safe House
- Flora as Self - 13 Years Old
- Sijali Nyambuche as Self - Mugumu Police Officer
- Jenifer as Self - 6 Years Old
- Rosie Makori as Self - 12 Years Old
- Wambura Kisika as Self - Mugumu Women's Safe House's Barrister
- Neema Chacha as Self - 12 Years Old
- Rhobi as Self - 11 Years Old
- Leticia Gideon as Self - 10 Years Old
- Grace as Self - 15 Years Old
Crew
- Giselle Portenier · Director
- Cathy Gulkin · Writer
- Giselle Portenier · Writer
- Giselle Portenier · Producer
- Andrea Wettstein · Composer
- Samson Kapinga · Cinematographer
- Cathy Gulkin · Editor