City of Joy is a 2016 documentary film directed and written by Madeleine Gavin. It follows the first class of students at a leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.[1][2]
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Directed by | Madeleine Gavin |
Written by | Madeleine Gavin |
Produced by | Allyson Luchak |
Starring | Christine Schuler-Deschryver Denis Mukwege Mukengere Eve Ensler |
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Edited by | Madeleine Gavin |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Countries | United States, Congo |
Languages | English, French, Swahili |
The film was released by Netflix on September 7, 2018.[3]
The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is a region where being a woman is hard, often experiencing violence in the wake of a 20 year long war driven by colonialism. In the film, women band together at the leadership center to find a way to handle the horrible experiences they've had to live through and come out on the other side to be leaders and inspirations for other women in the region.[4]