Female circumcision /

This program documents the ritual of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, practiced among some African groups; explores its roots in myth; and discusses movements under way to ban the practice. Interviews with anti-circumcision activists, including medical personnel, describ...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	British Broadcasting Corporation (Producer)
Other Authors:	Panton, Louise (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1983.
Series:	Health and society in video Forty Minutes
Subjects:	Female genital mutilation. Women's rights. Women's Rights Femmes > Droits. Female genital mutilation Women's rights Documentaries and Factual Films Streaming videos. documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	This program documents the ritual of female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, practiced among some African groups; explores its roots in myth; and discusses movements under way to ban the practice. Interviews with anti-circumcision activists, including medical personnel, describe the health ramifications, including hemorrhage, infection, and painful sex. Victims discuss both the physical and emotional pain of circumcision, and both males and females discuss why they support or reject circumcision as a valid cultural practice. Graphic scenes of an actual female circumcision are shown.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (44 min.).
Playing Time:	00:44:24