Year-round members of the Film Society are invited to a free members-only preview screening of Desert Flower.

Waris Dirie was born into a small nomadic clan in the deserts of Somalia in which she endured the harshest of both environmental and societal conditions. At the age of three, she was put through the torturous ritual performed on all women of her tribe and many other cultures: female genital mutilation. After walking across the desert at the age of thirteen to escape an arranged marriage, she eventually moves to London to live in the Somalian Embassy and work for her aunt. However she finds herself homeless when her relatives are recalled during the strife in their homeland. Fending for herself, she catches the eye of a famous photographer and begins anew as a model and international spokeswoman against the practice that changed her life. Based on the true story and book of the same name, Desert Flower, starring supermodel Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) and Timothy Spall, is a stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit. —Cinequest

To attend you must be a current member. As always, seating is first come, first served.

To RSVP, email members@sffs.org starting Thursday, February 24 at 12:00pm. RSVPs received before this date will not be accepted. Include your first and last name in the email and "Desert Flower" in the subject line.

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