“A Walk to Beautiful” is an inspiring documentary film that tells the heartbreaking story of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. Instead they make the long and arduous journey to Fistula Hospital in Addis Abba where they reclaim their lost dignity. The trials they endure–and their attempts to rebuild their lives–tell a universal story of hope, courage, and transformation. (Running time: 1:25). In English, Amharic, and Oromiffa with English subtitles.
A Walk to Beautiful is now showing at the Quad Theatre near New York University. The following is short trailer of the film.
4 thoughts on “A Walk to Beautiful – a film about Ethiopian women suffering from childbirth injuries”
Waw, Waw!! I was grabed with a lot of mixed emotion and I wish I get a way to help this hospital financially. Anybody who knows some details, please?!
Dear HRm
You Can use this link to help
http://partners.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=77-0547201
You can also Call
The Fistula Foundation
1171 Homestead Road
Suite 265
Santa Clara,CA 95050
This is also the web sit of the organization
http://www.fistulafoundation.org
It it good to make the problem open and shown it as a documentary which helps for many peoples to know about the extent of the problem and paying an attention on the issue and may be come up with a permanent solution for the problem to disapear once and for all and have a great in put in strengthning the service otherwise, rendered by the only hospital in the capital,fistula.But, i am not sure and confident enough that no body and no one is ostracized the victims as it is not the nature of the people of Ethiopia and there is no point to do so and i w’d say the story is exadurated and though am happy with the cover of the documentary film (story)am not totally happy and suspecious with the hidden message and objective behind it,sorry……
Dear Noname4me1,
Thanks much!! By the way, I hope I am getting some more people on board since I e-mailed the video clip to friends around the globe. Please pass the clip around to people specially in the US where they can be re-imbersed during tax return time. I found all their information in the website including their federal ID number.
Let us together help our mums and sisters, please!!!