The Cut Documentary Female Genital Mutilation, Cutting ( FGM, C) In Kenya (2009)

Short documentary about Mary (aged 14 years) and Alice (who is in her early 20 s) from Kenya. Both are affected by the traditional rite of passage into womanhood: genital cutting. Mary and her community are preparing for her ceremonial cutting, and Alice is studying to be a social worker to work against female genital mutilation. As the first in her community to refuse the practice, Alice has paid a high price for her choice to break with tradition. Alice tells of the different myths she encounters in the c