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Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden (2008)

Umoja: The Village Where Men Are Forbidden poster
Original title
Umoja: le village interdit aux hommes
Directed by
Jean Crousillac, Jean-Marc Sainclair
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
52 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary is about an all-female village in Kenya that was founded by women escaping domestic violence and abuse. It shows how the women live and run the village together, without men.

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What happens

Umoja, the Village Where Men Are Forbidden is a French documentary film about the Kenyan village of Umoja, directed by Jean Crousillac and Jean-Marc Sainclair and released in 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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