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Join us for the film screening and post-screening discussion! “.. a necessary reminder of what can happen when people preserve tradition for its own sake.” - Washington Post When 14-year-old Hirut is abducted in her rural village's tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered young lawyer who provides free legal services to poor women and children, arrives from the city and takes on the case of the 14-year-old girl charged with murder. Winner of Sundance Film Festival as well as Amsterdam, Berlin, Toronto and Zagreb International Film Festivals. It is a drama based on true story of a young Ethiopian girl and a tenacious lawyer.
ORGANIZER: Boston University
WEBSITE: https://www.bu.edu/africa/events/calendar/?eid=231393