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Lumo

This sobering documentary takes viewers inside a hospital for rape survivors on the border of Congo and Rwanda, sharing the heart-wrenching story of Lumo Sinai, a Congolese woman who was brutally attacked by a roving band of soldiers. A life-changing surgery offers hope, but when complications arise, her fellow patients become even more like a family.

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  • "One young woman's struggle to heal in a nation beset by war"

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  • ""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 condition that renders 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 along the border with Rwanda. Buoyed by the love of the hospital staff, including a formidable team of wise women known to all as "the Mamas," Lumo and her friends keep alive the hope of one day resuming their former lives, thanks to an operation that can restore them fully to health. A feisty young woman with a red comb perpetually jutting from her hair, Lumo faces the challenge of recovery with remarkable courage and sass. As she and her friends recover from surgery, they pass the days by gossiping and sharing their dreams of one day finding love. But when it looks like her operation may have failed, Lumo's faith is thrown entirely into question. On her uncertain road to recovery, Lumo shows that the solidarity of women can bind the most irreparable of wounds. Lumo is an intimate look into a woman's tragedy and healing process, and, by extension, into the scourge of rape that marks the war-torn politics of central Africa."--Cinema Guild Website."
  • "This sobering documentary takes viewers inside a hospital for rape survivors on the border of Congo and Rwanda, sharing the heart wrenching story of Lumo Sinai, a Congolese woman who was brutally attacked by a roving band of soldiers. A life changing surgery offers hope, but when complications arise, her fellow patients become even more like a family."
  • "This sobering documentary takes viewers inside a hospital for rape survivors on the border of Congo and Rwanda, sharing the heart-wrenching story of Lumo Sinai, a Congolese woman who was brutally attacked by a roving band of soldiers. A life-changing surgery offers hope, but when complications arise, her fellow patients become even more like a family."
  • "This sobering documentary takes viewers inside a hospital for rape survivors on the border of Congo and Rwanda, sharing the heart-wrenching story of Lumo Sinai, a Congolese woman who was brutally attacked by a roving band of soldiers. A life-changing surgery offers hope, but when complications arise, her fellow patients become even more like a family."@en
  • "A young woman seeks treatment for her physical and psychological wounds at a hospital run by HEAL Africa, a charity organization that provides holistic care to impoverished Congolese."

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  • "Nonfiction films"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Biography"
  • "History"
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Documentary films"

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