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This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as 'the worst place in the world to be a woman.' These women have been through unspeakable violence spurred on by a 20 year war driven by colonialism and greed.
City Of Joy is, in as far as it goes, a powerful film, reminding viewers that survival itself is something to be proud of and consigning the notion that a raped woman is ruined forever to the dustbin of history.