Mama Colonel
Dieudo Hamadi
2017 - 72 min - Video Full HD - Couleur - France, Congo Kinshasa (RDC)

Colonel Honorine, more commonly known as "Mama Colonel", works for the Congolese police force and heads the unit for the protection of minors and the fight against sexual violence. Having worked for 15 years in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she learns that she is transferred to Kisangani. There, she finds herself faced with new challenges.
Through the portrait of this extraordinarily brave and tenacious woman, who fights for justice to be done, this film addresses the issue of violence towards women and children in the DRC and the difficulty of overcoming the past war.



Author-Director : Dieudo Hamadi
Photography : Dieudo Hamadi
Sound : François Tariq Sardi
Editing : Anne Renardet
Delegate Producer : Cinédoc films
Co-producer : Mutotu Productions
Contribution : CNC. COSIP, Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa
Rights owner : Andana films

Distribution


Distributor : Andana films

Distinctions

2017 - Festival international du film de Berlin - Berlinale, Berlin (Allemagne) : Tagesspiegel readers prize & Ecumenical jury prize
2017 - Cinéma du réel, Paris (France) : Sélection
2017 - FIFF - Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Namur (Belgique) : Prix spécial du Jury
2017 - Festival dei Popoli, Florence (Italie) : Sélection
2017 - Festival de Rio, Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) : Sélection
2017 - FICValdivia - Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia = a suppr, Valdivia (Chili) : Sélection
2017 - DocBsAs - Doc Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentine) : Sélection
2017 - Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Vienne (Autriche) : Sélection
2017 - IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) : Sélection