Love, labor, loss / Governess Films ; directed, produced & edited by Lisa Russell.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Russell, Lisa, director, producer.

Svigen, Carrie, producer.

Zap Mama (Musical group), performer, composer.

Governess Films (Firm), producer, distributor.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

French

Hausa

Tamashek

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Fistula, Vesicovaginal--Treatment--Niger.

Fistula, Vesicovaginal.

Fistula, Vesicovaginal--Social aspects--Niger.

Women's health services--Niger.

Women's health services.

Women--Niger--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Social aspects.

Niger.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Subtitle on container: A documentary film on obstetric fistula in Niger

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Governess Films, [2006]

Language Note:

In French, Djerma, Hausa, and Tamachek with English subtitles. Not narrated.

System Details:

DVD-R.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

This documentary follows five women in Niger, West Africa suffering from obstetric fistula and a U.S.- Niger medical mission working to repair their fistulas to give them a second chance at a normal life. The mission begins with high hopes for repairing the 60 or so women waiting in the "fistula compound", a safe haven located in the hospital where women come to find solace from the stigma and neglect they experienced back in their villages, but the setbacks they experience show that that even with the most advanced medical techniques and personnel, Niger's position as the world's poorest country lends to a critical need for overall development in order to address women's health. With compelling stories of rural women negotiating through the hospital process and medical experts who have the knowledge but lack the resources to help them, the film explores the fragility of women's health and the dire situation of Africa's growing health crisis. The Advocacy Video explains to audiences what fistula is, how it develops, how it can be treated and prevented, and what individuals can do to help in the fight to end fistula. Interviews with Niger's First Lady, Representative Carolyn Maloney, representatives from UNFPA and EngenderHealth help give perspective to the global scope of the problem while emphasizing specific challenges in Niger.

Contents:

[Disc 1]. Documentary (66 min.)

[disc 2]. Advocacy video (15 min.)

Credits:

Music, Zap Mama ; additional songs by Marhaba & Adama Yalomba ; cinematography by Christian Huguenot ; co-produced by Carrie Svigen.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

OCLC:

84697232