| City of Joy | |
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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 |
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 east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The film was released by Netflix on September 7, 2018.
Premise
The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a region in which being a woman is hard since she often experiences violence in the wake of a 20-year war, driven by colonialism. In the film, women band together at the leadership center to find a way to handle the horrible experiences that they had to live and to come out on the other side to be leaders and inspirations for other women in the region.
References
- Smail, Gretchen (4 September 2018). "City of Joy: the powerful Netflix documentary where 'everything is about love'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "City of Joy Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "City of Joy Movie Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "Netflix's Piercing Documentary City of Joy Is a Profound Example of the Power of Compassion". Paste Magazine. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
External links
- City of Joy. Netflix.
- City of Joy at IMDb
- City of Joy at Rotten Tomatoes
- City of Joy in Congo| url=https://www.cityofjoycongo.org