U.S. Broadcast on Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, PBS World Channel, 2011

MRS. GOUNDO’S DAUGHTER is the story of a young mother’s quest to keep her baby daughter healthy and whole. It is also the story of the African tradition of female genital cutting, which dates back thousands of years—and how it affects people’s lives in just two of the many places where the practice is being debated today.

“Another heart-wrenching testament to the integrity and solidarity of women in the face of staggering adversity, Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter follows the efforts of a West African woman living in Philadelphia to secure the asylum she thinks will save her two-year-old daughter from the senseless barbarism of genital mutilation. As evinced by their previous film Rosita (HRW 06), humanist filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater demonstrate a nerve-shredding talent for cinematic juxtaposition — throughout, they intercut Goundo’s legal nightmare with the lead-up to a mass female circumcision in Mali—that avoids feeling trivial.” —Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice, June 2009

In English, French and Bambara with subtitles. Running Time: 60 minutes