Ndèye Fatou Fall: Walk On My Own - Women’s Voices Now Film Festival 2023 winner for Best Youth Documentary

Ndèye Fatou Fall

Walk On My Own

Women’s Voices Now Film Festival 2023

Winner for Best Youth Documentary

Ndèye Fatou Fall

Walk On My Own

Senegal - 30 min - 2019

In her film, 13-year-old Ndèye Fatou Fall tells how her life has been affected by profound changes that occurred in her village a few years before she was born.

“My film is about the changes that have occurred in my community. Today, these social changes are of great importance, especially for children. If I’d been born in 1990, I would be married by now. Many communities still do harmful practices, like child marriage. Tradition is very strong, and to abandon these practices is difficult. When people from other countries watch the film, if they are still practicing child marriage and female genital cutting, they will wake up after they see this film and will want to stop doing those things.” – Ndèye Fatou Fall