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PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL © Pewee Flomoku

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Four films from the Tübingen years

PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL Thu, 30.10., 7:15 p.m.

Gini Reticker, USA, 2008, 72 min., documentary, original version with English subtitles

In Liberia, Christian and Muslim women, led by Leymah Gbowee, unite to end the civil war and pave the way for Africa’s first female president.

 

URMILA – MY BODY IS MY MEMORY Fri, 31.10., 9:00 p.m.

Susan Gluth, Germany, 2016, 87 min., documentary, original version with English subtitles

After 12 years in slavery, Tharu girl Urmila is freed in Nepal and fights with fellow survivors to save thousands more, while catching up on her education to become a lawyer—can she do both?

 

THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN Sun, 02. 11., 11:00 a.m.

Marzieh Meshkini, Iran, 2000, 74 Min., feature film, original version with English subtitles

Three generations, three stories of Iranian women: Hawa savors her last moments of childhood freedom, a woman defies her male clan in a veiled women’s bike race, and an elderly woman fulfills long-denied dreams.

 

MOOLAADÉ Sun, 02. 11., 6:15 p.m.

Ousmane Sembène, Burkina Faso / Cameroon / Morocco / Senegal / Tunisia, 2004, 120 min., feature film, original version with English subtitles

Four girls fleeing female genital mutilation seek refuge with the strong-willed Collé, who invokes the magical »Moolaadé« tradition to protect them.