A Girl from Mogadishu (15)

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A Girl From Mogadishu (15)

Dir. Mary McGuckian, Ireland, 2020, 113 mins. Cast. Aja Naomi King, Martha Canga Antonio, Barkhad Abdi.

Fleeing war-torn Somalia in 2006, Ifrah Ahmed is trafficked to Ireland where a traumatic medical examination when seeking asylum reveals the extent of her mutilation as a child. Traumatized by the memory, she channels the experience into a force for change and emerges as a formidable campaigner against Female Genital Mutilation at the highest political echelons in Ireland, across Europe and finally back in the country of her birth, Somalia.

An emotional nuclear explosion’… ‘A clarion call’ – Sunday Business Post 
‘A Girl from Mogadishu is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking’ – Film Threat

While the cinema is temporarily closed, we are curating a selection of new independent films for you to watch from home. When you buy a ticket below, Plymouth Arts Cinema will receive 50% of the rental fee.

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