City of Joy (2016 film)

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City of Joy
Directed byMadeleine Gavin
Written byMadeleine Gavin
Produced byAllyson Luchak
StarringChristine Schuler-Deschryver
Denis Mukwege Mukengere
Eve Ensler
Cinematography
  • Taylor Krauss
  • Lisa Rinzler
Edited byMadeleine Gavin
Music by
Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
  • November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)(DOC NYC)
  • September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07)
Running time
74 minutes
CountriesUnited States, Congo
LanguagesEnglish, French, Swahili

City of Joy is a 2016 documentary film directed and written by Madeleine Gavin. It follows the first class of students at a leadership center in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. [1] [2]

Contents

The film was released by Netflix on September 7, 2018. [3]

Premise

The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a region in which being a woman is hard since she often experiences violence in the wake of a 20-year war, driven by colonialism. In the film, women band together at the leadership center to find a way to handle the horrible experiences that they had to live and to come out on the other side to be leaders and inspirations for other women in the region. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Smail, Gretchen (4 September 2018). "City of Joy: the powerful Netflix documentary where 'everything is about love'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ "City of Joy Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ "City of Joy Movie Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Netflix's Piercing Documentary City of Joy Is a Profound Example of the Power of Compassion". Paste Magazine. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
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