Thirteen-year-old Ndèye Fatou Fall from Keur Simbara, Senegal was born free to choose her own destiny. Had she and her friends been born eighteen years ago, they would have been forced into marriage, or subjected to the life-threatening ritual of genital cutting, which has impacted an estimated 200 million girls and women alive today in 30 countries. With guidance from filmmaker Elizabeth Hummer, Fall reports on the changes that have happened around her since her village abandoned these practices, and the ways in which these cultural shifts have empowered and transformed her community.
Broadcast In: English Duration: 0:26:46