City of Joy (2016)
- Directed by
- Madeleine Gavin
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows a group of women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as they attend a leadership center. It shows their personal stories of trauma and their journey toward healing and empowerment.
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What happens
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. The film was released by Netflix on September 7, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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