National Geographic Films acquires U.S. rights for Desert Flower
Tambay posted an item about Desert Flower almost exactly a year ago and it seemed to have disappeared after that, though it had been making the European film festival circuit, but The Match Factory, the Cologne Germany based production company that made the film, has announced that National Geographic Films has picked up the U.S. distribution rights for the film.
The film, written and directed by Sherry Norman, is based on “the world best-selling book of the same name by Waris Dirie (played by real life supermodel Liya Kebede along with Anthony Mackie in a supporting role)– an autobiographical tale of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American supermodel, and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female circumcision.” No word for when the film is scheduled for release in the U.S., but no doubt it will be after the National Geographic Films release of The First Grader (HERE) which was picked up by the film distributor last fall.
Here’s the trailer:
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"I underwent genital mutilation as a child and I will fight all my life"
Waris DIRIE : I underwent FGM and I fight against it all over the world", Waris Dirie's life and her is told in the movie "Desert Flower". 150 million women and girls are affected by this cruel practice, which continues to be performed worldwide.
Waris Dirie about movie Desert Flower