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In the organizer's words:

The filmmaker and main protagonist of the film, Beryl Magoko, deals with her own trauma of genital mutilation (FGM) in an authentic, emotional and often humorous way. She grew up in a village in Kenya. As a young girl, she endured female genital mutilation without knowing what serious consequences it would have for her life. She later learns that there are new surgical methods that promise to give back what was lost. Beryl explores this personal and political issue by talking to other women who have had similar experiences. And she confronts her own family with her questions with astonishing candor. Beryl Magoko's film is not only shown at film festivals in Europe and Africa with great success, but she also shows her film in the villages of Kenya, thus creating awareness among the local population that female genital mutilation is a screaming injustice against women, the consequences of which women suffer severely for the rest of their lives.

Following the film, we will have the opportunity to talk to Beryl Magoko and hear about her activities in Kenya.
We will show the film in the original languages; the passages in English and Kiswahili are subtitled in German.

Director: Beryl Magoko, Germany 2018, documentary film (90 minutes)

Invitation: Equal Opportunities Offices of the City of Bergisch Gladbach and the Rheinisch-Bergisch District, FIF Network - Women in Leadership and Catholic Family Education Center and THEAS Theater.

Admission: 8 Euro

Price information:

Price without VVK