City of Joy (2016 film) explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

The film was released by Netflix on September 7, 2018.^[3]

Premise

The east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is a region in which being a woman is hard since she often experiences violence in the wake of a 20-year war, driven by colonialism. In the film, women band together at the leadership center to find a way to handle the horrible experiences that they had to live and to come out on the other side to be leaders and inspirations for other women in the region.^[4]

External links

• Book: City of Joy. Netflix.
  • • City of Joy in Congo| url=https://www.cityofjoycongo.org

Notes and References

1. News: City of Joy: the powerful Netflix documentary where 'everything is about love'. The Guardian. 4 September 2018 . July 6, 2019. Smail . Gretchen .
2. Web site: City of Joy Movie Review. Common Sense Media. July 6, 2019.
3. Web site: City of Joy Movie Review. Roger Ebert. July 6, 2019.
4. Web site: Netflix's Piercing Documentary City of Joy Is a Profound Example of the Power of Compassion. Paste Magazine. July 6, 2019.