Tag Archives: Congo

Immeasurable Pain, Unlimited Hope: The Making of Pushing the Elephant

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Beth Davenport (left) and Elizabeth Mandel are the filmmakers behind Pushing the Elephant, a film about faith, family, and forgiveness in the most extreme circumstances imaginable. The film premieres on Independent Lens on Tuesday, March 29 at 10 PM (check … Continue reading →

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Live Chat with NewsHour: The Congo and Beyond

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

To honor the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, we’re co-hosting a live online discussion with ITVS and PBS News Hour about violence against women in the Congo and beyond. Our chat, hosted by NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan, centers … Continue reading →

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Congo Survivor Weighs in on Tucson Shootings

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Rose Mapendo — the subject of the upcoming Independent Lens film Pushing the Elephant — lost her husband and home to the ethnic violence that engulfed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1990s, and emigrated to Phoenix in … Continue reading →

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