Asylum (2003)
Directed by Sandy McLeod · 20 min · Documentary
2.6 TOPICAL score · #6,463 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Asylum (2003, directed by Sandy McLeod) has a TOPICAL score of 2.6 - ranked 6,463 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and lasting engagement, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the Sundance Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (0 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 8/10 (0 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Sundance Honorable Mention Short Filmmaking
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 5 languages
- Still read211 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
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