Lumo
Democratic Republic of Congo/USA, 2007, 72 mins
Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt,Nelson Walker III,Louis Abelman
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7:00pm, Sun, Nov 4
at Library
Description
The agonies of war torn Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror.
Recently engaged to a young man from her village, 20 year-old Lumo Sinai couldn't wait to have children and start a family. But when she crossed paths with marauding
soldiers who brutally attacked her, she was left with a fistula, a serious medical condition that has rendered her incontinent and threatens her ability to give birth in the future.
Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, Lumo found her way to the one place that may save her: a hospital for rape survivors set on the border with Rwanda. Here
she faces the challenges of multiple surgery and recovery with remarkable courage and sass.