A Love During The War (Congo/Cameroon)
Director: Osvalde Lewat-Hallade
Year: 2006
Runtime: 63 minutes
Screening Times: March 5, 2008, 7:30 PM
Screens at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West
Synopsis:
Aziza and her four kids are separated from her husband at the beginning of the catastrophic civil war that hit the Congo in 1996. Six years later, they are reunited but must deal with the ghosts of what they have witnessed — the senseless killings and brutal rapes that have become the hallmarks of this African war.
Director’s Biography:
Osvalde Lewat-Hallade started her career as a journalist. She produced her first documentary “Upsa Yimoowin” or the “Pipe of Hope” in Toronto. She became famous with “Beyond the Pains” (2003), featuring a prisoner who was convicted for four years, but has been in jail for 33 years.
Interview with Osvalde Lewat-Hallade in Le Potentiel (French).
Co-presented with HotDocs
Overview by Julie Giles
