Jaha's Promise (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.
- Date of release
- 2017-03-16
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Kate O'Callaghan, Patrick Farrelly
Casting
- Jaha Dukureh — Self
- Fanta Bai Secka — Self
- Halimatou Ceesay — Self
- Taina Bien Amie — Self
- Naima Abdullahi — Self
- Mariam Camara — Self
- Ban Ki-moon — Self
- Sait Matty Jaw — Self
- Hagie — Self
- Nancy Nyang — Self
- Abubacarr Jah — Self
- Sainey Darboe — Self
Interesting facts
Jaha's Promise, is a 2017 American-Gambian documentary drama film co-directed and co-produced by Patrick Farrelly and Kate O'Callaghan. The film revolves around the life and activism of Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian anti-female genital mutilation campaigner against the most extreme form of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), called infibulation or Type 3 FGM prevail in Gambian society.
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