Asylum

Baba, a young Ghanaian woman, goes in search of her father for his blessing on her impending marriage. This turns to a nightmare as he insists she a different man, and that she undergo female genital mutilation as is the custom in his tribe. She is forced to flee her father's village, seeking refugee status in the U.S. Instead she becomes enmeshed in the U.S. immigration system.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

20 minutes

Year:

2003

Director:

Sandy McLeod

Cast:
Crew:
Sandy McLeod

Director

Gini Reticker

Producer

Kirsten Johnson

Director of Photography