Cut: Exposing FGM Worldwide (2017) User Reviews

An important film

[londonrs-11306 · 10/10 · 10 November 2019]

I watched this brave documentary with my hands in front of my eyes at times. This film taught me about how widespread FGM is across the world; this knowledge is both harrowing and essential. The most compelling parts for me were the interviews with women who support this practice for their daughters. Sometimes even a grandmother mutilates her own granddaughter. Yet, I tried to put myself in their places and wondered if I might feel the same way if I had been raised in a culture that embraced the practice and never heard any objections. It's a scary thought. Another amazing section is where the documentarian goes undercover and pretends to be someone inquiring about the practice in a doctor's office. The hypocrisy and lies this scene exposes are unbelievable. This is a movie everyone should see.

a Historic Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking for Human Rights...

[noah-berlow · 10/10 · 30 December 2019]

In my opinion, the successful completion of this self produced documentary "CUT: EXPOSING FGM WORLDWIDE", puts filmmaker John Chua, in the conversation for being one of the most fearless documentary filmmakers fighting for human rights of this past decade. He is one of the ONLY male filmmakers in history to address this horrific subject of FGM happening WORLDWIDE in the form of a documentary feature. "CUT: EXPOSING FGM WORLDWIDE" is a remarkable example of how one person can use documentary filmmaking as a tool to raise consciousness in this distracted world oversaturated with entertainment media. I hope everyone who reads this review watches and shares this powerful historic documentary achievement, so that someday soon, this global horrific epidemic of FGM will be abolished forever!

This story needs to be told

[dems-65827 · 10/10 · 26 January 2021]

This documentary is shocking to me. I guess I am like many people who had only vaguely heard to FGM, and I think I had assumed it only happened in a small number of very remote areas and very primitive people and only to a small number of women and girls. For some reason, I assumed that this horrible, barbaric practice could not still be happening in the modern world. But obviously, the procedure is still very widespread. Even after watching this documentary, I am still in shock, and I simply can't believe that such a large number of people, men, and women, know about this and allowed it to happen. The misinformation and superstition that is used to justify this practice are difficult to understand. That governments don't prohibit this practice is hard to believe. There is no rule of law or, more importantly, enforcement of the rule of law to protect women and girls. I am saddened to live in a world where fathers and brothers allow this to happen to their wives, sisters, and daughters. Human ignorance and cruelty seem to have no limits

A grat film talks about FGM

[mayiy · 10/10 · 29 January 2021]

I watched this documentary when I was eating. However, the content made me feel that I can not eat any more because the topic was so tough.This movie made me realize that FGM is not a small incident, it is very common all over the world. The most frightening thing is that when I listen to them explain the reasons, I think what they said is actually very reasonable. If I were an obedient girl, I might also obey the demands of my elders and think this is an operation that everyone needs to do.I think we need to do more, just like this documentary filmed by Director Chua. We need to get more people to pay attention to this topic and let more people take action to resist such behavior. The most important thing is to let the new generation of young girls realize that this is the wrong operation and that they shouldn't have it.

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[sisiw-38391 · 10/10 · 29 January 2021]

I have found some cross cultural communication in the movie. As what we learned in communication across culture course, China is high context culture country, we use implicit message, most western countries are low context culture country, people they use explicit messages to express. Many interviewees in the film used direct language to talk. In some areas of Thailand, women use headscarves to cover their hair and face, which is different from China. Celia

Really Recommended Film

[jinghanl-90805 · 10/10 · 30 January 2021]

Before watching this documentary, I had no idea about FGM. When I saw how FGM was going, I was shocked. I did not expect FGM to be so wide across the world, nor did I expect that there would be women who would support this FGM practice to continue to be implemented on their daughters. After watching this film, I think that more people should be made aware of the existence of FGM, and more women should be made aware of their bodies and their control over their bodies. The existence of FGM illustrates the long-term oppression and silence of women in the patriarchal society. This kind of wrong information and practice was actually acquiesced by a woman's father, husband, and son, and was regarded as an honor. Masculinism has manifested its various ways of presentation in different cultures. In ancient China, foot binding was also practice similar to FGM. Girls have wrapped their feet in cloth since they were young because ancient men believed that women's feet should be small, which is a deformed beauty. Just like FGM, foot binding is an oppression of women's body and power. This film is really great, it deserves to be known by more people, and it will benefit more people.

A great and meaningful film

[z-97383 · 10/10 · 30 January 2021]

There is no doubt that this documentary is great. Personally, FGM is a topic I don't want to know more about, because it is really cruel and against humanitarianism. But if everyone avoids talking about FGM, the number of people suffering from circumcision will not decrease, so I think this documentary is very meaningful. This documentary records the thoughts of people in various regions with FGM related experience, which is effective for propaganda against circumcision. I think director John Chua, as a man, is brave and terrific in directing this documentary in depth. In fact, even though some people in areas where circumcision is prevalent are aware of the wrong nature of this behavior, many women still suffer from FGM in order to adapt to the local culture and not to be excluded by people in their society. It is necessary to prohibit FGM, but it is still difficult to completely save all women who have suffered FGM. This documentary is very meaningful as a pioneer work against FGM.

A meaning documentary

[yefeiw · 10/10 · 29 January 2021]

From my perspective, FGM, the theme of this documentary is very meaningful and educational, which is easy to be ignored. The creators found this bad and cruel custom, which was formed by backward values, and hopes to show that FGM has spread around the world through immigration through this documentary, to alert people to pay attention to this bad and cruel custom, to appeal to eliminate this bad and cruel custom and to protect more girls from harm. FGM Not only hurt the girl's physical health but also hurt the girl's mental health. According to the ice-berg cultural model, value is the implicit culture that leads to the FGM, which is a bad and cruel custom; FGM custom is one of the social behaviors that is explicit culture. Values affect and restrict people's ideas and behavior norms.

Let more people know about FGM

[yuqianb · 10/10 · 29 January 2021]

I must say this film is meaningful to the whole world. When I was very young, I heard about FGM, but at that time I thought FGM only happened a long time ago and was performed in very few countries and regions. Until I saw this documentary, I realized clearly that FGM still exists in modern society, but it is just far away from my life, FGM is a serious issue for women all over the world, and FGM should be promoted more strongly and women should be protected. For those girls, FGM is for reproduction, then why men are free. Men and women are equal should be emphasized by people all over the world.

FGM: An Unrevealed Crime

[yuqings · 10/10 · 27 January 2021]

FGM is not an easy topic, but this documentary objectively exposed this cruel and unknown truth. It not only shows different ways of circumcision, but also reveals why people in different countries do that. It also surprises me that one of the girl did that in London. Before watching this documentary, I thought it only happened in some poor African countries, which is a stereotype. Since I was born in a place without such a tradition, it is a cultural shock for me to know that in some places, people do it for "not being a lesbian." Also, since China is a high-context country, usually we use "little red bean" or something else to represent clitoris. Thus, it could also be a cultural shock to hear them taking about "cut the clitoris." Anyway, it's a great movie.

Awaken the deaf

[a-16770-44140 · 10/10 · 29 January 2021]

I can't even be distracted for a moment when watching this documentary. I can't remember if I've ever heard of such a tragedy from any piece of news, but I'm sure I never realized how pervasive FGM is until I watched the film. It's an extreme tragedy to be born as woman in such a tradition, but it seems that living in a culture that treats women inhumanely has desensitized most women of that culture. We can find that a fixed and programmed culture has great control and restraint over the values, beliefs and behaviors of the people living in it, and it is extremely difficult to break out of such a cultural framework.

In addition, I also admire the prescient and revelatory nature of this documentary. If there is no resistance, tradition will always be orthodox, no matter it is righteous or evil, progressive or decaying. It is not easy to walk among different groups and communicate with people from different languages, cultures and beliefs. Therefore, I regard this documentary as a ray of light for the emancipation of women suffering from the torture of female circumcision. I hope this documentary can be known by more people, so as to play a larger role.

A meaningful film

[huiyaozhang · 10/10 · 26 January 2021]

More than a year ago, under the guidance of filmmaker John Chua, I watched this film, and for the first time came into contact with this cruel world that was completely different from my cultural environment. It is undeniable that for those ethnic groups and tribes that are prevalent in FGM, this is a sign of girls becoming women, and it is an inherent part of their ethnic and tribal culture and ethics.

However, as a woman, when I see FGM still exists in the world, I can only feel the creeps. What's more terrifying is that many women have gradually forgotten to resist in the highly masculine society and the long years, but have accepted FGM and implemented it on their daughters or younger generations. Sadly, just like the bad habits of foot-binding in ancient China, this is not something that can be solved by relying solely on policies and regulations and Western human rightsists. We still need a longer time to work.