The US distributor National Geographic Cinema Ventures has acquired the rights to the movie “Desert Flower“. Lisa Truitt, president of National Geographic Cinema Ventures:

“We are very excited to release Desert Flower. We want to present compelling stories about the world in which we live, and the saga of this beautiful woman, Waris Dirie, and her amazing ability to triumph over adversity is an inspiration for audiences everywhere.”

The movie was first released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2009 and has since been released in France, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Australia, South Korea, and Ethiopia, among others.

National Geographic organises a screening of the movie, which is due to be released in the US in early 2011, on September 30th 2010 in Washington DC. More details here