Warrior Marks
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pratibha Parmar
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Documentary examining the phenomenon of female circumcision, with all its cultural and political complexities.
Director
Pratibha Parmar
Cast
Alice Walker
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1993
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States March 4, 1995
Released in United States November 1993
Released in United States November 1995
Shown at IMAGE & NATION gaie et lesbienne: festival international de cinema et de video de Montreal November 2-12, 1995.
Shown at International Gay & Lesbian Pride Film Festival in Tampa, Florida September 30 - October 9, 1994.
"Warrior Marks" was initiated and produced by Pulitzer prize winning author Alice Walker who was inspired to make a documentary about female genital mutilation after writing her best-selling novel, "Possesing the Secret of Joy" about the same issue.
Released in United States 1993
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at International Gay & Lesbian Pride Film Festival in Tampa, Florida September 30 - October 9, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (MOMA) as part of program "Gays and Film: Get Reel" June 17 - July 12, 1994.)
Released in United States March 4, 1995 (Shown in New York City (The New York Public Library) as part of series "Having Our Say: Women Directors of Color" March 4, 1995.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown in New York City (The Asia Society) as part of program "Asian Encounters: Recent Works by Asian American and British Asian Filmmakers" April 6-10, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1993 (Shown in New York City (Florence Gould Hall) as part of program "Women Directors From South Asia: A Film Festival" November 19-21, 1993.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at IMAGE & NATION gaie et lesbienne: festival international de cinema et de video de Montreal November 2-12, 1995.)