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London Premiere of A Girl from Mogadishu: Brigid's Day Festival of Women 2020

  • Regent Street Cinema 307 Regent Street London, England, W1B 2HW United Kingdom (map)

A Girl From Mogadishu

2019 / Ire/Bel / 110mins / Drama / 15 / Dir Mary McGuckian

A Girl from Mogadishu stars Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder, Birth of a Nation) as Ifrah, Martha Cango Antonio (Black) and Barkhad Abdi (Blade Runner, Captain Phillips) as well as Somali icon, Maryam Mursal with an original score by Nitin Sawhney and featuring Quiet by Milck.

Based on the testimony of global FGM activist Ifrah Ahmed, the film is written and directed by Mary McGuckian. 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. Traumatised 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.

Post screening panel, with Mary McGuckian, Comfort Momoh and Bonnie Greer, chaired by Leyla Hussein.

Post Screening Panel

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Mary McGuckian, Dr. Comfort Momoh MBE and Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE, hosted by internationally renowned social activist and founder of Dahlia project, Dr. Leyla Hussein OBE.

This screening is a part of the Brigid’s Day Festival / Lá Fhéile Bríde. This annual celebration of women takes place across the world at various Irish embassies, consulates and other Irish venues. Irish Film London are a partner in the London festival, alongside the Irish Embassy, the Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith and the Camden London Irish Centre, and as their part in the 2020 festival they centre their focus on a cinematic celebration of women.

See our other events in the festival here:

Mother and Baby Screenings (info coming soon)

Irish Short Films


More general info related to this film:

Mary McGuckian

Mary McGuckian has been producing, writing and directing independent feature films for over twenty years and is an Ifrah Foundation Board member. This film marks her twelfth independent auteur film. Her films have been presented at festivals worldwide both in and out of competition including at Sundance and Tribeca in the US, Locarno and Venice in Europe, and Edinburgh, London and Galway in her home countries.

Ifrah Foundation

Ifrah Foundation was founded in 2010 by Ifrah Ahmed, an Irish citizen originally from Somalia. Ifrah Foundation is a charity registered in both Ireland and in Somalia. Its mission is the United Nations SDG of Zero Tolerance and Global Elimination of the practice of FGM/C, with a focus on Somalia.

Through research and pilot programmes while relying on finding from successes elsewhere, Ifrah Foundation has developed a Model of Systemic Change. The Foundations work is delivered through 3 core areas with a proven impact: Advocacy, Awareness Raising and Community Empowerment. The programmes undertaken by Ifrah Foundation to date in partnership with Amplify Change, Grand Challenges, UNICEF, UNFPA, The Global Media Campaign and many others are having a demonstrable impact on all three pillars.

The Foundation’s on-going programs form part of the broader project working on developing and preparing to implement an End FGM in Somalia Nationwide Program through to 2030.

www.ifrahfoundation.org

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