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Tahara (2002)
Made one point..
The film had explicit sex scenes and nudity which I think somewhat over-shadowed the topic and point the director set out to show. First, I commend the writer and director for showing FGM as a cultural act rather than a religious act. To tell you the truth, when I realized the film was made in Israel with a Israeli director and a 99% Israeli cast, I thought that the film would, as many media outlets have done, falsely place the blame of FGM on Islamic societies, but they didn't. FGM is a problem in many areas because it is a cultural tradition committed by tribal Muslims, Jews and Christians as was stated. Only in the bonus section during an interview with the Israeli actress who portrays lead actress Layla do I even sense an anti-Arab sentiment. Overall, I think it was an okay film but just when you seemed to be involved in the story it would go off on a tangent.