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Set in a small African village, four young girls face a ritual “purification” flee to the household of Colle’ Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation.
Colle’ invokes the time-honored custom of moolaade (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Colle’ against a village traditionalists (both male and female) and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.

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Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia.
Traditionally, it is cut with an iron sheet or a knife, then sutured back with needlework or a thorn. There is no anesthetic during the whole process, and the disinfection is not thorough.
Gynecologist Dr Rosemary Mburu of Kenya estimate that as many as 15% of circumcised girls die of the excessive loss of blood or infection of the wound.
Even the girls who survive the circumcision will endure lifelong pain. The lower part of the body is always in pain while having sexual intercourse, urinating, or even working. This affects their ability to achieve orgasm or sexual pleasure of any kind and might also affect fertility.

Moolaadé.2004.PAL.DVD.x264-Tree.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 59mn
Size: 	1.45 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	716x548 ~> 1013x548
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 551 Kbps
BPP: 	0.158
Audio
#1:  	French 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps (Audio Track)

https://nitro.download/view/EE9F99ECDCDE4B5/Moolaade.2004.PAL.DVD.x264-Tree.mkv

Language(s):Bambara, French
Subtitles:English

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