Maasai Daughters

Maasai Daughters

 

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0h 20m 2015 HD

Short documentary about the lives of three girls and the women who rescued them from retrogressive cultural practices in their own Maasai community at the AIC Girls School and Rescue Center in Kajiado, Kenya. It is an intimate portrait of these women as they sacrifice everything to make a stand against female genital mutilation and early forced marriage happening within their own culture.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Samantha André
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