Jaha's Promise

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Jaha's Promise
Directed byPatrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan
Written byPatrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan
Produced byPatrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan
StarringJaha Dukureh
CinematographyKate McCullough
Music byMichael Fleming
Production
companies
Accidental Pictures
Guardian News & Media
Distributed byFirst Hand Films
Release date
  • 16 March 2017 (2017-03-16)
(Denmark)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
Gambia
LanguageEnglish

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]

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