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Lumo

Premiere Date: September 18, 2007

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Update: HEAL Africa

The filmmakers of Lumo interviewed Dr. Jo Lusi from HEAL Africa about how Lumo is doing and the situation in the Congo.

Update: Lumo Sinai

In Spring 2007, filmmaker Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt returned to the Congo to find Lumo, whose fistula had reopened.

  • Updated on July 24, 2009

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Lumo (60 min.)

Broadcast Date: September 18, 2007

Trailer: Link

Filmmakers: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III, Co-directed by Louis Abelman and Lynn True Bio | Interview | Statement

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Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Nelson Walker III
Nelson Walker III
Co-directed by Louis Abelman and Lynn True
Co-directed by Louis Abelman and Lynn True

Spending some time with Lumo, we began to look up to her — not because of the magnitude of her disaster, but because of the warm and mischievous spirit she retained despite that experience.”

— The Filmmakers

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Critical Acclaim

"...[A] colorful, deftly structured documentary [that] confounds expectations."

Variety