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Title Congo's Women Warriors

Publication Info. Java Films, 2014.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time 005205
Note In Process Record.
Title from title frames.
Film
Event Originally produced by Java Films in 2014.
Summary There hasn't been peace in the Congo for 20 years, the army and the various militias are locked in a constant battle over the country's precious mineral resources. The fighters on both sides have been profiled often but this documentary looks at a group often thought of as merely victims of the war; women. On both sides there are female combatants. Some are fighting for what they believe in, others because they have nowhere else to go and nothing to lose. Many of these women have never seen peace, they joined to replace fathers lost in battle and never looked back. Others have left a militia but are unable to return home so the army seems like the next best option. Who are these women and what motivates them? We meet those on both side to hear their stories..
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Documentary-style films.
Gender identity.
Indexed Term African Studies
Genre/Form African Studies
Documentary films
Added Author Java Films (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
Music No. 1186995 Kanopy