Cut: Exposing FGM Worldwide

For being the first documentary of it's kind, Cut's ambitions are commendable for tackling an extremely controversial subject with a global perspective of FGM. The Guerrilla filmmaking adds to the experience in understanding the taboo nature of how intense the subject FGM is. The testimonies from female subjected to FGM are emotionally engaging and honest about their stories of their individual identities struggling with their cultures. Even the testimonies from the medical practitioners involved in FGM can be shocking at times. The research is conducted well and highlights peculiar cultural practices from religious Christian communities, to tribal traditions and ceremonies demonstrating FGM to be more of a global issue and not one concentrated by just eastern cultures. One criticism is the editing sometimes needed to be more clean with transitions between footage and interviewees. Otherwise, this is an unique and personal journey truthfully relied by both the director and interviewees documenting the history and current impact of FGM to this day.