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Angèle Diabang
2014 - 50 min - 16 mm & Beta numérique - Couleur - Sénégal, France
In Panzi, in the Kivu province (Democratic Republic of Congo), the doctor Denis Mukwege has created a hospital where victims of wartime sexual violence are taken in and get reconstructive surgery. The hospital provides them with medical care but also gives them moral support to rebuild their economic and civic lives. All the executive managers in the hospital are Congolese women.
The victims words and Dr Mukwege and his team’s actions, here in Congo and worldwide, are the substance of the film, denouncing sexual barbarism. This barbarism tens of thousands of women suffer from is not only the curse of Africa, but of a war whose interest is not only local. The film also shows us the tough fight of the victims and their courage in rebuilding their life despite their past.
Author-Director : Angèle Diabang
Photography : Marine Tadié
Sound : Emmanuel Zouki
Editing : Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot
Delegate Producer : Roches noires Productions
Co-producer : Karoninka
Contribution : Fonds francophone de production audiovisuelle du Sud, La Maison de l'image Basse-Normandie, CNC. Direction de la Culture, Région Basse-Normandie, France Télévisions
Distinctions
2015 - FIGRA Festival International du Grand Reportage d'Actualité et du Documentaire de Société, Le Touquet (France) : Compétition + de 40 minutes2015 - Festival du film documentaire de Saint-Louis, Saint Louis (Sénégal) : Sélection
2014 - Regards sur le Cinéma du Monde, Rouen (France) : Sélection