Lumo | |
Director: | Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, Louis Abelman, Lynn True |
Producer: | Louis Abelman, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III |
Cinematography: | Nelson Walker III, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt |
Editing: | Lynn True |
Runtime: | 72 min. |
Language: | Swahili, French, English |
Lumo is a 2007 documentary film about twenty-year-old Lumo Sinai, a woman who fell victim to "Africa's First World War." While returning home one day, Lumo and another woman were gang-raped by a group of soldiers fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As a result, Lumo suffered from a traumatic fistula, a chronic condition that leaves her unable to bear children. Rejected by her fiancé and most of the village, Lumo examines a woman's tragedy and the process of healing.[1]
Lumo was directed and produced by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, Louis Abelman and Lynn True and was aired as part of PBS's Point of View series in 2007.