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Desert Flower

The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

20092h 7mNRDrama

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About Desert Flower

Directors
Sherry Hormann
Cast
Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson
Genres
Drama
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

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