(CBC) Ask Giselle Portenier why she chose to travel to Tanzania for her latest documentary, and she’ll say that Tanzania actually chose her.
According to the self-described human rights filmmaker, whose latest project In the Name of Your Daughter is set to screen at this year’s Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF), it was actually a Google Alert about female genital mutilation (FGM) that led Portenier to her next project.
“I was looking for a story that might be accessible to my audience, that people could engage with,” said Portenier. “I had [set] a Google Alert about female genital mutilation for about five years, and one day, this story popped up about a safehouse that saves girls from their own parents so that they won’t be mutilated.”
