For best film, Sembène’s humanist masterpiece “Moolaade,” about one woman’s struggle against female circumcision, just edged out “Distant,” followed by “Notre Musique” in third place. Also receiving ...

"Moolaade" is an amazing picture, a movie that immerses you fully inside another culture a small African village and tells a captivating story with ramifications beyond its setting. It's also the work ...

Once in a rare while a film comes along that is boldly original, communicates an important idea in an elegantly simple fashion and happens to be highly entertaining. Such is the case with Moolaadé, a ...

“Moolaade”–the African film that took Cannes Film Festival critics by storm in May–is a beautiful picture with a great heart, a classic-to-be with a common touch. Watching it, one feels immersed in ...

IN "MOOLAADE," six African girls refuse to undergo ritual circumcision and unwittingly cause a revolution in their village. In Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene's hands, what could have been merely ...

The Jewish Community Center in Sherman invites the public to a screening of the 2004 film "Moolaade" on Saturday, Jan. 29. The movie will begin at 8 p.m. and admission is a donation of $5 for members ...

In Burkina Faso, the season of circumcisions has just begun when four girls refuse to submit to the bloody ritual and seek refuge with Collé (Fatoumata Coulibaly). This courageous woman has already ...