Movie
Desert Flower (2009)
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
Drama
Story
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.
Director: Sherry Hormann Starring: Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal
Desert Flower Cast
- Liya Kebede as Waris Dirie
- Sally Hawkins as Marylin
- Craig Parkinson as Neil
- Meera Syal as Pushpa Patel
- Anthony Mackie as Harold Jackson
- Juliet Stevenson as Lucinda
- Timothy Spall as Terry Donaldson
- Lucrezia Phantazia as Girl in Boardinghouse
- Soraya Omar-Scego as Young Waris
- Anna Hilgedieck as Girl in Shower
- Matthew Alexander Kaufman as Fastfood Manager
- Prashant Prabhakar as Kami