These two films have been contrasted by several participants of the list
and we came interested in them for our discussions about "speaking for
other". But there is no information how to get them. Are they distributed
by Women make Movies and what is www or email address of them?
Mari Maasilta
timama@uta.fi
> One, as an African American, I have a lot of problems with "Warrior
Marks".
> Not to get into a long discussion of it here, but I question its
> perspective in "speaking for" African women. Alice Walker may be a
> wonderful writer and person, but she does not necessarily understand all
of
> the issues she purports to address in this film. Though technically much
> "rougher" I would recommend "Fire Eyes" by Soraya Mire, a Somalian woman
> filmmaker who endured(s) female genital mutilation.
>
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