Desert Flower (2009)

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

Cast

Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie

Overview

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.