Mama Colonel

Mama Colonel (2017)

Maman Colonelle

Colonel Honorine Munyole is a robust forty-four-year-old widow and mother of seven young children – four of her own, three adopted. She wields her uniform, beret and black handbag like a protective shield, which her daily work desperately requires. More or less on her own, she runs a small police unit dedicated to protecting women who’ve been raped and children who’ve suffered abuse in the war-plagued regions of the Congo. At the start of Maman Colonelle, she’s transferred from Bukavu to Kisangani, arriving only to discover her future home and office in a desolate state. While she deals with such practical obstacles with suitable feistiness, the traumas and social deformities of the people around her have nightmarish dimensions: the envy surrounding those with state-recognised ‘victim’ status, hope for help from the ‘whites’, depression, helplessness.

Date of release
2017-02-13
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Dieudo Hamadi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mama Colonel is a documentary film from Democratic Republic of the Congo, directed by Dieudo Hamadi. The film focuses on the work of Colonel Honorine Munyole who, fights against sexual abuse and child abuse.

Production

The documentary is produced by Dieudo Hamadi. Language used is Lingala, Swahili and French, it has English Subtitles.

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