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Congo : the doctor who saves women / une coproduction Roches Noires Productions et Karoninka ; un film de Angèle Diabang.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mukwege, Denis.
- Rape--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Rape.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Rape as a weapon of war--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Rape as a weapon of war.
- Rape victims--Services for--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Rape victims.
- Rape victims--Services for.
- Women--Crimes against--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Women.
- Women--Crimes against.
- Girls--Crimes against--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Girls.
- Girls--Crimes against.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-.
- History.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Social problem films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Doctor who saves women
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Dr. Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist and the founder of Panzi, a hospital whose primary mission is treating women who have been raped - casualties in the Democratic Republic of Congo's decades-long war. At the hospital, in the Kivu district of the country, Mukwege and his mostly female team provide reconstructive surgery and psychological counseling, as well as literacy and other programs designed to help patients reintegrate into a society that has a history of shaming and ostracizing rape survivors.
- Participant:
- Dr. Denis Mukwege ; narrator, Nathalie Keseljevic.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Marine Tadié ; editing, Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot ; sound, Emmanuel Zouki ; Betty Ntumba, Léon Awazi Kharomon, translators.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Roches Noires Productions (France), Karoninka (Sénégal), ©2014 ; previously released in 2015.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 15, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- if-doc Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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