“City of Joy: the powerful Netflix documentary where ‘everything’ is about love.” – The Guardian

“… you’ll want to check out the new Netflix documentary City of Joy, the trailer for which can be seen here. The upcoming film, out 7 September, is centered around the City of Joy community in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which helps women who have experienced rape and torture due to war in the area rehabilitate their lives and become leaders in their community. In addition to the women who are living at City of Joy, subjects of the documentary include the community’s founders: Congolese-Belgian women’s rights activist Christine Schuler Deschryver, Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Denis Mukwege, and American playwright and feminist activist Eve Ensler (of The Vagina Monologues fame).” – Bustle