Borders - Trailer (2015) (trailer)

Why would a woman need a physical examination to enter the country?

This short film by Elizabeth Mizon and poet Shagufta K Iqbal gives a personal and intimate insight into the hushed-up 'virginity tests' that women migrants were subjected to in the 1970s, as reported by The Guardian in 2011.

For more information see the Guardian report: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/08/home-office-virginity-tests-1970s

Music: Symbiosis by Kevin MacLeod

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