City of Joy
Directed by Madeleine GavinNovember 11, 2016 74mDocumentary, Crime,
7.7100%71%7.3
This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as "the worst place in the world to be a woman." These women have been through unspeakable violence spurred on by a 20 year war driven by colonialism and greed. In the film, they band together with the three founders of this center: Dr. Denis Mukwege (2016 Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize), radical playwright and activist Eve Ensler ("The Vagina Monolgoues") and human rights activist, Christine Schuler-Deschryver, to find a way to create meaning in their lives even when all that was meaningful to them has long been stripped away. In this ultimately uplifting film, we witness the tremendous resilience as these women transform their devastation into powerful forms of leadership for their beloved country.
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City of Joy was released on November 11, 2016.
City of Joy was directed by Madeleine Gavin.
City of Joy has a runtime of 74m.
City of Joy was produced by Allyson Luchak.
This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as "the worst place in the world to be a woman." These women have been through unspeakable violence spurred on by a 20 year war driven by colonialism and greed. In the film, they band together with the three founders of this center: Dr. Denis Mukwege (2016 Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize), radical playwright and activist Eve Ensler ("The Vagina Monolgoues") and human rights activist, Christine Schuler-Deschryver, to find a way to create meaning in their lives even when all that was meaningful to them has long been stripped away. In this ultimately uplifting film, we witness the tremendous resilience as these women transform their devastation into powerful forms of leadership for their beloved country.
The key characters in City of Joy are Herself (Christine Schuler-Deschryver), Himself (Denis Mukwege Mukengere), Herself (V).
City of Joy is a Documentary, Crime, Drama film.
City of Joy has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
City of Joy had a budget of $27M.