A Walk to Beautiful (2007)

Directed by

Mary Olive Smith

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Ethiopian women who seek treatment for injuries from childbirth. It shows their difficult journeys to a hospital and their recovery.

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What happens

A Walk to Beautiful is a 2007 American documentary film, executive produced by Steven M. Engel and Helen Diana ("Heidi") Reavis, produced and distributed by Engel Entertainment, about women who suffer from childbirth injuries in Ethiopia. In 2007, it premiered in film festivals and was chosen for the International Documentary Association Best Feature Documentary Film of the Year award. The following year, the film opened in theaters in the United States in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. A 52-minute version of A Walk to Beautiful that premiered on NOVA on PBS on May 13, 2008, won the 2009 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Informational Programming (Long Form) category on September 21, 2009, at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony on September 21, 2009, at Rose Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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