Lumo (film)

Lumo
Directed byBent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, Louis Abelman, Lynn True
Written byLouis Abelman, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Lynn True, Nelson Walker III
Produced byLouis Abelman, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III
CinematographyNelson Walker III, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Edited byLynn True
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
72 min.
LanguagesSwahili, French, English

Lumo is a 2007 documentary film about twenty-year-old Lumo Sinai, a woman who fell victim to "Africa's First World War." While returning home one day, Lumo and another woman were gang-raped by a group of soldiers fighting for control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As a result, Lumo suffered from a traumatic fistula, a chronic condition that leaves her unable to bear children. She undergoes treatment at HEAL Africa, a hospital that specializes in treating victims of sexual violence, and is operated on by orthopedic surgeon and fistula specialist Dr. Jo Lusi. Rejected by her fiancé and most of the village, Lumo examines a woman's tragedy and the process of healing.[1][2]

Lumo was directed and produced by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, Louis Abelman and Lynn True and was aired as part of PBS's Point of View series in 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "PBS Synopsis". PBS. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ POV (January 17, 2007). "Ending Sexual Violence | Lumo | POV | PBS". POV | American Documentary Inc. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
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