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Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden (2009)
Directed by Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
Documentary · 52m
Numerous Kenyan women allege that they were raped by British soldiers from 1970 to 2003 — battered and abandoned by their husbands for bringing "shame on the community" — a number of Samburu women gathered and created "Umoja", a sex-segregated village where only women are allowed permanent residence.
Crew
- Director
- Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
- Writer
- Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
- Editor
- Laura Delle Piane
- Producer
- Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
Details
- Original title
- Umoja: le village interdit aux hommes
- Release date
- 2009-01-20
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English, Swahili
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Backpack Productions