Mary Olive Smith's documentary focuses on five Ethiopian women whose experiences illustrate the complex web of circumstances that produce obstetric fistulas, devastating internal injuries that blight the lives of millions of women in developing nations.
Obstetric fistulas are the result of prolonged, unsuccessful labor without medical intervention, which is common among young, underdeveloped girls in many parts of rural Africa; some remain in labor for days, or even a week. Constant pressure on their internal organs cause pieces of flesh to die, leaving internal gaps that allow bodily waste to leak uncontrollably from the victims' bodies. Though a relative...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins