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Overall Grade: A-
Story: A+
Acting: B
Direction: B+
Visuals: A
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by Owen (movies profile) (May 25, 2006)
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
This film was a great way to bring to light the issue of female circumcision. It provided great insight into the gender dynamics in this culture and how the power is dist... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A
Acting: N/A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Non-Animated African Movie Seeks Review By Critics
by vincevision (movies profile) (Apr 14, 2006)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Few films take you into another world like Ousmane Sembene's Moolaade. Set in a Senagalese village that has yet to fully embrace the 21st century, the people facilitate... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A-
All Politics is Local
by Edmund (movies profile) (Apr 3, 2008)
8 of 11 people found this review helpful
This film shows in microcosm, how principled civil disobedience can bring about social progress. Something does need to be emphasized about ritual female genital mutilat... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A-
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
An Important Film
by Paul (movies profile) (Jul 21, 2005)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I loved this film and I hope most of Africa sees it! As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I lived in The Gambia (which is surrounded by Senegal) for two years. The film brought... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A
Visuals: A
Shows that some traditions aren't worth continuing
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Jun 27, 2005)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Moolaade is a foreign film entrench in ritual, customs, and religion. It's about a mother who refuses to let her daugther get circumsized. Word of her travels around the... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A
Visuals: A
Extremely heartbreaking
by surafeal (movies profile) (Sep 16, 2005)
6 of 11 people found this review helpful
This movie shows exactly the suffering African children are bearing everyday.It shows the innocence and bravery of west African women and the role of the media. Finally,... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Excellent political stance towards abandonment!
by NatashaG (movies profile) (Jun 27, 2005)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Sembene, master of film, takes a strong political stance against female circumcision, bringing many MALEs into a once "women's world only" discussion about the practice.... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
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Enpowering
by Nate (movies profile) (Mar 23, 2005)
This is a movie that you should not miss. This is the type of movie that has the potential to change the world. I know that may sound cliché and cheesy, but it’s the... Full Review

Overall Grade: F
Story: F
Acting: F
Direction: F
Visuals: F
all time worse
by __A_YAHOO_USER__ (movies profile) (Oct 8, 2005)
Can you say that that movie was the all-time worse? Well it was the all-time worse! The story, well, it didn't really make any sense to me. The acting was bad, too.  

Overall Grade: D+
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Please have a rational & logic thinking behind it
by arin (movies profile) (Feb 3, 2008)
Please try to understand whats the purpose of female circumcision its all about, it is proven already that by having circumcision can hinder the spreading of aids. we all... Full Review
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