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Fire eyes
"Focuses on female genital circumcision, which in its extreme form creates a chastity belt made of the girl's own flesh as she is literally stitched shut until marriage. Docu begins with a demonstration of a 7-year-old Somali girl about to undergo circumcision--her mother tells her that the 'evil piece of flesh' between her thighs must be removed for her to become pure and worthy of a husband. Mire makes a clear and useful distinction between male circumcision and its female version, which is much more drastic and excruciatingly painful. Pic gains poignancy and personal meaning when she relates how, at 13, she underwent this operation, which was framed as a necessary rite of passage. As a mature woman, however, Mire perceives this mutilation as a manifestation of child abuse and an ideological mechanism designed to perpetuate women's sexual, economic and cultural inferiority. Using a direct, uncompromisingly investigative strategy, Mire examines the wide range of results of this procedure: medical and physiological complications, psychological traumas and so on"--Variety review, February 14, 1994.
- "Fire eyes"
- "Female circumcision"
- "Explores the socio-economic, psychological, and medical consequences of the ancient custom of female circumcision which affects more than 80 million women worldwide."
- ""Focuses on female genital circumcision, which in its extreme form creates a chastity belt made of the girl's own flesh as she is literally stitched shut until marriage. Docu begins with a demonstration of a 7-year-old Somali girl about to undergo circumcision--her mother tells her that the 'evil piece of flesh' between her thighs must be removed for her to become pure and worthy of a husband. Mire makes a clear and useful distinction between male circumcision and its female version, which is much more drastic and excruciatingly painful. Pic gains poignancy and personal meaning when she relates how, at 13, she underwent this operation, which was framed as a necessary rite of passage. As a mature woman, however, Mire perceives this mutilation as a manifestation of child abuse and an ideological mechanism designed to perpetuate women's sexual, economic and cultural inferiority. Using a direct, uncompromisingly investigative strategy, Mire examines the wide range of results of this procedure: medical and physiological complications, psychological traumas and so on"--Variety review, February 14, 1994."@en
- "This powerful and important film is the first step to present an African viewpoint on a culturally explosive issue.Fire eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological and medical consequences of the ancient custom of female circumcision which is performed on more than 80 million women worldwide. In this film, several women who have experienced this "rite of passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice -- Container."
- "Fire eyes explores the socio-economic, psychological and medical consequences of the ancient custom of female circumcision which is performed on more than 80 million women worldwide. In this film, several women who have experienced this "rite of passage" voice varying points of view on perpetuating the practice."
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