20 minutes that'll wreck your concept of 'home' forever.
Baba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a different man, and that she undergo female genital mutilation as is the custom in his tribe. She is forced to flee her father's village, seeking refugee status in the U.S. Instead she becomes enmeshed in the U.S. immigration system.
Direction
McLeod lets the horror breathe in mundanity—no exploitation, just truth.
Editing
20 minutes compressed like a fist to your throat. Nothing wasted.
Director
Sandy McLeod
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