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Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter is a gripping film about a Malian mother’s fight for asulum in the US to protect her two-year-old from female genital cutting.  Shot in Philadelphia and Mali, the film explores the African  tradition of female genital cutting, as well as the intricacies and frustrations of the asylum process.  Directed by Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter has been screened at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival at Lincoln Center and the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival.  This screening is followed by a discussion and reception.

SABRINA SCHMIDT GORDON (Editor/Co-Producer) Gordon has been committed to educational, cultural and social advocacy programming for over a decade. She is the co-producer and editor of Beyond Beats and Rhymes, an award-winning documentary about manhood and gender politics in mainstream Hip-Hop, and she has continued to distinguish herself as a producer and editor.  The scope of Gordon's media work includes educational outreach and community engagement campaigns, and work with non-profits. She is a new media producer and editor on The Masculinity Project—an ambitious web-based initiative that explores masculine identity in the Black community. Organizations she has worked with include Witness, the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, TruthAids, Agricultural Missions and the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights.