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Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden

2009 • 0h52m • Documentary

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Numerous Kenyan women allege that they were raped by British soldiers from 1970 to 2003 — battered and abandoned by their husbands for bringing "shame on the community" — a number of Samburu women gathered and created "Umoja", a sex-segregated village where only women are allowed permanent residence.

Details

Director

Jean Crousillac

Jean-Marc Sainclair

Screenplay

Jean Crousillac

Jean-Marc Sainclair

Release date

1/20/2009

Status

Released

Origin country

FR