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Attie & Goldwater's documentary on FGM/C and asylum funded by Sundance
Monday, July 21, 2008
- Attie & Goldwater
GOUNDOʼS DAUGHTER awarded
support from Sundance
GOUNDO'S
DAUGHTER, a new documentary by Barbara
Attie and Janet
Goldwater, is one of 16 feature
documentaries (selected from 325 applicants) to
receive financial and creative
support from the Sundance Documentary Fund.
The Sundance Institute
Documentary Film Program supports U.S. and
international documentary
filmmakers who "explore the critical issues of our
times
with highly crafted storytelling
and stylistic innovation."
GOUNDO'S
DAUGHTER explores issues of FGM/C and
asylum.
If Goundo is deported to Mali
from Philadelphia, her two year-old daughter will
almost certainly be forced to
endure female genital mutilation/cutting—performed
on 92% of the female population
in Mali. GOUNDO'S DAUGHTER is the story of
Goundo's fight for political
asylum in the U.S. and her determination to protect
her
daughter and stop the cycle of
FGM/C.
BARBARA
ATTIE and JANET GOLDWATER Producers/Directors
SABRINA
SCHMIDT GORDON Co-producer
SHARON
MULLALLY Editor
PETER
BROWNSCOMBE and CHRIS LANDY Camera
SHANNON
KANE-MEDDOCK and MOUSSA TRAORÉ, Associate Producers
MOUNTAGE
TOURÉ Location producer/Mali
SANDEEP
BATHALA, AND PATTY ROSENBLATT Mali Production
Assistants
Scheduled for completion in
2009.
To learn more
about GOUNDO'S DAUGHTER, go to
www.attiegoldwater.com
Attie &
Goldwater's ROSITA (2005) is the story of a
9-year-old
Nicaraguan girl who was raped and
became pregnant, and her parents'
battle with the church,
government and medical establishments to end the
unwanted pregnancy. ROSITA was
broadcast on HBO/Cinemax Latin
America and is cur rently
broadcast on LinkTV.
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