An ordinary room, or a dark hut in a rural village. A razor blade bought at a market will suffice, or a sharp knife, or simply a shard of broken glass. For over 200 million women in the world, the passage from infancy to adulthood is marked by the blood of female genital mutilation. An obligatory ritual in certain societies, it is believed to “purify” women, subjugating them through pain and making them virgins for life, resistant to sexual pleasure, and therefore devoted and faithful wives. The victims of the ritual “cut” are concentrated in 30 countries, of which 27 are in Africa. UNCUT narrates from direct testimonies how in three African countries – Somaliland, Kenya, Ethiopia – women have been uniting to eradicate this harmful practice. It’s a collective story that sews together several tales of pain, of fights for women’s rights and, in many cases, of success and empowerment.
Day 12 - Uncut Dir. Emanuela Zuccalà & Simona Ghizzoni