Jaha's Promise Explained

Jaha's Promise
Director:Patrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan
Producer:Patrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan
Starring:Jaha Dukureh
Music:Michael Fleming
Cinematography:Kate McCullough
Studio:Accidental Pictures
Guardian News & Media
Distributor:First Hand Films
Released: (Denmark)
Runtime:80 minutes
Country:United States
United Kingdom
Gambia
Language:English

Jaha's Promise, is a 2017 American-Gambian documentary drama film co-directed and co-produced by Patrick Farrelly and Kate O'Callaghan.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4] [5]

The film made its premier on 16 March 2017 at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.[6] The film received positive reviews from critics and screened at many film festivals.[7] [8] [9] At the CPH:DOX 2017, the film was nominated for the F:ACT Award and then nominated for the Sheffield Youth Jury Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. In 2018, the film was screened on the International Human Rights Defenders Day.[10] [11] The film also won the Audience Award at the Globe Docs Boston.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official website . 2021-10-11 . jahaspromise.com.
  2. Web site: IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: Jaha's Promise . 2021-10-11 . Irish Film Institute . en.
  3. Web site: Jaha's Promise - Human Rights Watch Film Festival . 2021-10-11 . ff.hrw.org.
  4. Web site: 2017-12-12 . Documentary Review: Jaha's Promise Becomes a Movement Against Female Genital Mutilation . 2021-10-11 . HeadStuff . en-US.
  5. Web site: Jaha’s Promise: A Global Call to Stop FGM . 2021-10-11 . Second Home . en.
  6. Web site: 2017-03-17 . Jaha's Promise: FGM film premieres at Copenhagen film festival . 2021-10-11 . the Guardian . en.
  7. Web site: Jaha's Promise . 2021-10-11 . en.
  8. Web site: Cole . Diane . 2017-06-11 . A Promise To Her Newborn Daughter: No More Female Genital Mutilation . 2021-10-11 . NPR . en.
  9. Web site: Clarke . Donald . Jaha’s Promise review: Fearless about female genital mutilation . 2021-10-11 . The Irish Times . en.
  10. Web site: 2018-12-04 . Jaha's Promise . 2021-10-11 . United Nations Western Europe . en-US.
  11. Web site: Jaha's Promise . 2021-10-11 . JAYU . en-US . 2021-11-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102170035/https://www.jayu.ca/jahas-promise . dead .
  12. Web site: Jaha's Promise . 2021-10-11 . FILM PLATFORM - Educational Rights and Screening Licenses . en-US.