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Mama Colonel

African Directors • 1h 12m

Directed by Dieudo Hamadi • Documentary • 2017 • 72 minutes

Colonel Honorine Manyole, commonly known as 'Mama Colonel,' works for the Congolese police force and heads the unit for the protection of minors and the fight against sexual violence. Having worked for 15 years in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she learns she is transferred to Kisangani. There, she finds herself faced with new challenges.

Through the portrait of this extraordinarily brave and tenacious woman, who fights for justice to be done, this film addresses the issue of violence towards women and children in the DRC and the difficulty of overcoming the past war.

"Authentic, admirable, and meaningful." —The Upcoming

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abuse, africa, african history, african studies, area studies, biography, bukavu, central african republic, child abuse, children, conflict resolution, criminal justice, criminology, democratic republic of the congo, democratic republic of the congo (zaire), dieudo hamadi, doc, domestic abuse, expository, gender studies, history, honorine manyole, human rights, icarus films, kisangani, law and legal studies, law enforcement, mama colonel, ovid, ovid_ca, rape and sexual abuse, republic of congo, s_0004, s_0150, s_0173, s_0240, s_0286, s_0290, s_0295, s_0326, s_0383, s_0417, s_0445, s_0515, s_0539, s_0636, sexual assault, social issues, sub-saharan africa, title_ijklm, title_m, war and peace, women's rights, women's studies, world history, world regions, youth issues

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