Jaha’s Promise

Name: Jaha’s Promise
Director: Patrick Farrelly,Kate O'Callaghan
Released: 2017

Patrick Farrelly Kate O'Callaghan 2017

A documentary about the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner who returns to her country of birth to confront the harmful tradition that she and 200 million women and girls have undergone globally. Before trying to change her own family and society, Jaha has to save herself. Full of the raw drama of personal, family, religious and political conflict, “Jaha’s Promise” is an extraordinary narrative of individual and social change.

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Running Time:

52/78 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Patrick Farrelly Kate O’Callaghan

Producers:

Maggie O'Kane

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The Irish Times

Told in brisk, digestible fashion – in the company of a charming campaigner – Jaha’s Promise cuts straight through such confusion to hammer home the core inhumanities.
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Jaha Dukureh’s story is an incredible one and deserves to be told the world over, as it inspires its audience and shows the merits of personal belief and how one woman can really change the world.

Festival Participation

CPH:DOX - 2017
Human Rights Watch Film Festival - 2017
Irish Film Institute Documentary Film Festival - 2017
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival - 2017
UN Women Screening
Sheffield
Mill Valley
IDFA
New York
Globe Docs Boston
Audience Award
Bergen
Movies That Matter
Imagésanté

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