- Lumo
Infobox Film | name = Lumo
imdb_id = 1020206
producer =Louis Abelman ,Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt ,Nelson Walker III
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director =Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt ,Nelson Walker III ,Louis Abelman ,Lynn True
writer =Louis Abelman ,Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt ,Lynn True ,Nelson Walker III
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cinematography =Nelson Walker III ,Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
editing =Lynn True
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runtime = 72 min.
language = Swahili, French, English
budget ="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 theCongo during the 1994Rwandan genocide . As a result, Lumo suffered from fistula, a chronic condition that leaves a woman unable to bear children. Rejected by her fiance and most of the village, "Lumo" examines a woman's tragedy and the process of healing. [ [http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/lumo/about.html PBS Synopsis] ]"Lumo" was directed and produced by
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt Nelson Walker III Louis Abelman andLynn True and was aired as part ofPBS 's Point of View series in 2007.References
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