MOOLAADÉ

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female circumcision, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

More than 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation. At 81, the legendary Senegalese director—and father of African cinema—Ousmane Sembène (Black Girl) tackles the practice of FGM with sensitivity and deeply felt rage: A ravishing drama on violence.