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Season 20 Episode 12 - Lumo
The agonies of present-day Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo on the Rwanda border, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. Lumo Sinai was just over 20 when marauding soldiers attacked her. A fistula, common among victims of violent rape, rendered her incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, Lumo awaits reconstructive surgery. Lumo is her story, tragic for its cruelties but also inspiring for the struggle she wages and the dignity she displays, with the help of an extraordinary African hospital, to overcome shame, fear, and the affliction that robs her of a normal life. (packaged to 56:46)
Episodes in Season 20
Rain in a Dry Land
60 min
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
60 min
Standing Silent Nation
60 min
Revolution '67
60 min
The Chances of the World Changing
60 min
Prison Town, USA
60 min
Following Sean
60 min
Arctic Son
60 min
Libby, Montana
60 min
Made in L.A.
60 min
The Camden 28
60 min
Lumo
60 min
49 Up
60 min
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
60 min
