
Mama Colonel
Maman Colonelle
SECTION: International Forum 2017
SCREENINGS
Saturday, 30.09., 3.00 p.m., kommkino
Tuesday, 03.10., 5.00 p.m., kinoeins
SYNOPSIS
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 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.
DIEUDO HAMADI
Dieudo Hamadi was born in 1984 in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He studied Medicine at the University of Kisangani. He then attended several documentary workshops. In 2013, he made his first feature-length film Atalaku.
FILMOGRAPHY
Zero Tolerance (2009), Ladies in Waiting (2009), Atalaku (2013), National Diploma (2014), Maman Colonelle (2017)