730 PM, OCT. 10, 2009

LUMO @ CONGO IN HARLEM

http://www.mayslesinstitute.org/cinema/congoharlem2009.html

Panel discussion with filmmakers, Carrie Crawford (Director, Friends of the Congo), and Hon. Dr. Kasereka “Jo” Lusi and Lyn Lusi, founders of HEAL Africa Hospital to follow screening + reception featuring poetry by Toni Blackman. Co-presented by Human Rights Watch Film Festival and HEAL Africa

 

Nicholas Kristof's "The Weapon of Rape" op-ed in The New York Times

LUMO in Kristof's blog on The New York Times website

LUMO on CNN's Inside Africa

Recent/ Upcoming Festival Screenings

 

LUMO on PBS.org (filmmaker interviews, video extras)

 

"This colorful, deftly structured documentary defies expectations." --Variety

"Tells the story of thousands through the profile of one." --New York Times

VPAFF

“This film is so provocative and so brave and such an important film. It lets us understand what a powerful tool film is for social change . . . [It has] so moved me.”

--Barbara Kopple, Director "Harlan County U.S.A.," two-time Academy Award-winner

“The camera work is of highest standard as is the film... those close-ups I can't forget, nor do I want to.”

--Albert Maysles

 

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    Please visit HEAL Africa to learn about the hospital in Goma, Congo, where Lumo received treatment.