
Your ticket to this screening includes both the feature Conversion and the short film Messania's Story which will play before it!
A childhood filled with laughter and friends, singing and games—cut short by the circumciser’s knife.
Growing up, Messania walked the same path as many young girls from Africa; undergoing female genital mutilation to make her marriageable to a stranger many years older than herself.
From her Kenyan home, Messania tells the story of how she found the determination to escape abuse, challenge harmful cultural norms, and sing a new song of freedom for herself and other young girls everywhere.
- Year2020
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageWest Pokot
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereIndiana
- DirectorLaki Karavias
- ProducerMay Ondeng, Dan Berggren
- CastMessania Cheurai Lokudo, Naomi Cheptoo, Adeline Chebor, Regina Komolsiwa
- CinematographerMaxwell Moser
- EditorLaki Karavias
Your ticket to this screening includes both the feature Conversion and the short film Messania's Story which will play before it!
A childhood filled with laughter and friends, singing and games—cut short by the circumciser’s knife.
Growing up, Messania walked the same path as many young girls from Africa; undergoing female genital mutilation to make her marriageable to a stranger many years older than herself.
From her Kenyan home, Messania tells the story of how she found the determination to escape abuse, challenge harmful cultural norms, and sing a new song of freedom for herself and other young girls everywhere.
- Year2020
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageWest Pokot
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereIndiana
- DirectorLaki Karavias
- ProducerMay Ondeng, Dan Berggren
- CastMessania Cheurai Lokudo, Naomi Cheptoo, Adeline Chebor, Regina Komolsiwa
- CinematographerMaxwell Moser
- EditorLaki Karavias