The Women in War Zones movement started with a simple film project. Scott Blanding, his best friend: Brad LaBriola and his sister Melanie Blanding traveled to Congo in the summer of 2006 to do a film project on the rape-crisis plaguing Congo and the work of Panzi Hospital - the last bastion of hope for rape victims living in the South Kivu Province.
Women in War Zones: the documentary, dove intimately into the lives of two young women who became sisters during the time they spent at Panzi Hospital. Helene and Bijoux, ages 22 and 13, supported each other in their fight and struggle to maintain hope and a sense of dignity as they came to grips with their violent and tragic past. The film used these two women’s stories to depict the much larger and grisly picture of what it means to be a woman in Congo.
The Women in War Zones movement started with a simple film project. Scott Blanding, his best friend: Brad LaBriola and his sister Melanie Blanding traveled to Congo in the summer of 2006 to do a film project on the rape-crisis plaguing Congo and the work of Panzi Hospital - the last bastion of hope for rape victims living in the South Kivu Province.
Women in War Zones: the documentary, dove intimately into the lives of two young women who became sisters during the time they spent at Panzi Hospital. Helene and Bijoux, ages 22 and 13, supported each other in their fight and struggle to maintain hope and a sense of dignity as they came to grips with their violent and tragic past. The film used these two women’s stories to depict the much larger and grisly picture of what it means to be a woman in Congo
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The tragic death of Helene Wamuzila following the making of the film was the impetus that was needed to use the documentary as a sounding horn - to call the world to action against the heinous acts that are committed against women in Congo, and in war zones around the world.
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The tragic death of Helene Wamuzila following the making of the film was the impetus that was needed to use the documentary as a sounding horn - to call the world to action against the heinous acts that are committed against women in Congo, and in war zones around the world.
Learn more about this documentary
