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From: "jabbenyi" <jabbenyi-AT-ocean.otr.usm.edu>
Subject: Re: FGM - beyond victimage - Walker's
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 06:39:23 -0600


I second Alpana's recommendation. One thing though, the distributor is
California Newsreel. Tel.: 415/621-6191--Juliana M.N. Abbenyi.

> Dear Joe,
> 
>     There is an excellent documentary film by Togolese filmmaker
Anne-Laure Folly
> called Femmes aux Yeux Ouverts (Women with Open Eyes) that addresses
genital
> mutilation in the feminist context of other socio-cultural and economic
African
> concerns: marital rights, reproductive health, women's role in the
economy, and
> political rights. The West African countries addressed are Burkina Faso,
Mali,
> Senegal, and Benin. It does what Warrior Marks doesn't do: speak from an
African,
> very powerful feminist perspective without fetishizing female genital
mutilation.
> I believe the distributor is Women Make Movies. Take care,
> 
> Alpana Knippling
> U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
> ask-AT-unlinfo.unl.edu
> 
> Joenclarke-AT-aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Greetings all:
> > I was actually wondering what sources are out there that might be
helpful in
> > discussing genital mutilation with undergraduates (juniors). I'm
teaching
> > Woman at Point Zero" amongst other texts that broach the subject in my
> > "Politics of Gender in African fiction" course. I have not been able to
sit
> > through the Walker film because it epitomized to me a kind of Black
American
> > cultural imperialism under the guise of progressive politics. I
remember with
> > some rage her discussion of going to Jamaica "in search of Bob Marley."
Simply
> > appalling.
> > Anyhoo, any advice would be helpful
> >
> > Joe clarke
> >
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