Madeleine Gavin
2021What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
Madeleine Gavin, Judith Katz
Mary Alice, Glenn Close
A look at playwright Eve Ensler's writing workshop inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.
What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
City of Joy
Madeleine Gavin
Christine Schuler-Deschryver, Denis Mukwege Mukengere
The Democratic Republic of Congo has endured 20 years of devastating violence. Rape has been used as a weapon of war to destroy community and access precious minerals. Congo is often referred to as “the worst place in the world to be a woman.” "City of Joy" tells a different story of the region. The film focuses on Jane, a student at a center where women who have suffered unimaginable abuse join together to become leaders. We also meet the founders of the center: a devout Congolese Doctor, a Congolese activist, and a radical N.Y. playwright. The film weaves between joy and pain as these individuals band together to demand hope in a place so often deemed hopeless.
City of Joy
