Godka Cirka (A Hole in the Sky), and an interview with co-director Alex Lora
In Somalia, a young shepherd girl named Alifa enjoys the tasks of her daily life. Tending to her animals and understanding their world is a skill and love handed down to her from her mother and grandmother. But something looms -- an important day draws nearer, bringing with it an act whose details remain in the shadows of her imagination until the moment is at hand. After the act, her future may feel like a parched earth. She will soon be next to undergo genital mutilation. Watch This short film is as touching and beautiful to watch as it is extremely uncomfortable. There is something about the way the creeping approach of the day hems in the joy or ideas of the future for Alifa, or any of the girls of Beerato who undergo the traditional practice of female genital mutilation. The film screened at this year's Sundance. I was honoured to get such a candid interview with co-director Àlex Lora on how such a difficult film was made, and about the creative unrest that's fuelled ...