Director: Mary Olive Smith
The award winning feature-length documentary A Walk to Beautiful tells the stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from devastating childbirth injuries and embark on a journey to reclaim their lost dignity. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. They make the choice to take the long and arduous journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in search of a cure and a new life.
Awards
~ Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form, 2009 Emmy Awards, September 2009
~ Feature Documentary Winner, IDA Awards, December 2007
~ "People's Choice" Award for Best Documentary, Denver International Film Festival, November 2007
~ Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary and Interfaith Award for Best Documentary, St. Louis International Film Festival, November 2007
~ Human Rights Award, Docupolis, International Documentary Festival of Barcelona, October 2007
~ Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, San Francisco International Film Festival, May 2007
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