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FATMATA’S FIGHT AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGE

Fatmata doesn’t want to go through what her sister did, so when her father decides on a forced marriage, she runs away from home. Now Fatmata depends on her relatives and friends, but her powerful father knows how to put an end to their help, too. Fatmata is desperate, but she doesn’t give up: in order to finish her schooling, she appeals to the human rights commission and takes legal action against her father.

COME, I’LL SHOW YOU

FATMATA’S FIGHT AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGE

Fatmata doesn’t want to go through what her sister did, so when her father decides on a forced marriage, she runs away from home. Now Fatmata depends on her relatives and friends, but her powerful father knows how to put an end to their help, too. Fatmata is desperate, but she doesn’t give up: in order to finish her schooling, she appeals to the human rights commission and takes legal action against her father.

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FILMMAKERS

Director Patience George, Ibrahim Bah
Director of Photography Ibrahim Bah
Editor Ibrahim Bah, Ishmeil B. Conteh
Sound Ishmeil B. Conteh

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FILMMAKERS

Director

Patience George, Ibrahim Bah

Director of Photography

Ibrahim Bah

Editor

Ibrahim Bah, Ishmeil B. Conteh

Sound

Ishmeil B. Conteh

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FILM INFORMATION

Type Documentary
Length 8:52 min.
Language Krio with English or German subtitles
Country of origin Sierra Leone
Year 2016

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FILM INFORMATION

Type

Documentary

Length

8:52 min.

Language

Krio with English or German subtitles

Country of origin

Sierra Leone

Year

2016

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SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone (officially the Republic of Sierra Leone) borders Guinea in the north and Liberia in the southeast. Freetown is the country’s capital and economic centre. English is the official language of this former British colony, but most people speak Krio.
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Over a thousand schools were destroyed during the civil war that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Following the Ebola epidemic (2014-2016), the country is now working to rebuild state and social infrastructure. Both Sierra Leone’s constitution and the 2004 Education Act mandate nine years of compulsory basic education, but full compliance is not possible due to a lack of schools and teachers. The literacy rate of the adult population in 2015 was 48.1% (women: 37.7%, men: 58.7%).
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Sierra Leone has a great variety of media. After a long debate, 2013 saw the passing of a freedom of information law. Sierra Leone ranked 85th out of 180 countries on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters without Borders.

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SIERRA LEONE

Sierra Leone (officially the Republic of Sierra Leone) borders Guinea in the north and Liberia in the southeast. Freetown is the country’s capital and economic centre. English is the official language of this former British colony, but most people speak Krio.
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Over a thousand schools were destroyed during the civil war that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Following the Ebola epidemic (2014-2016), the country is now working to rebuild state and social infrastructure. Both Sierra Leone’s constitution and the 2004 Education Act mandate nine years of compulsory basic education, but full compliance is not possible due to a lack of schools and teachers. The literacy rate of the adult population in 2015 was 48.1% (women: 37.7%, men: 58.7%).
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Sierra Leone has a great variety of media. After a long debate, 2013 saw the passing of a freedom of information law. Sierra Leone ranked 85th out of 180 countries on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters without Borders.