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Los Angeles Film Festivals Show They Have Heart in 2013
Life Changing Moments, a moving documentary about the medical mission of yank surgeon Dr. Sherry Thomas to aid women in Uganda experiencing fistula has won two prizes at upcoming Southland film festivals: First place for Best Documentary Short at the L . a . Cinema Festival of Hollywood and 3rd invest the identical category in the Sunset Film Festival of L . a ..
A public screening from the film is going to be held on the Sunset Festival on May 12, 6 PM at the White Fire Theater, 13500 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. For tickets visit: https://sites.google.com/site/sunsetfilmfestivallosangeles/tickets
Also, on the same location in Sherman Oaks, the film will be shown as part of the LA Cinema Festival on July 3. For details and tickets, go: www.hollywoodcff.com/ This year, Dr. Thomas, that is additionally a urogynecologist with a practice within the Los Angeles area, traveled to Uganda in the invitation of renowned African singer and women’s advocate Halima Namakula. Ms. Namakula asked Dr. Thomas for her assistance for treating impoverished ladies and their much needed surgeries for fistula repair.
I knew what life was similar to one third world country, says Dr. Thomas, but I wasn’t ready for what medical treatment was like. Once i realized how easy it absolutely was to correct these women’s problems, I needed to help.
Dr. Thomas invited filmmaker Sandra Mohr and Los Angeles Times journalist Wendy Thermos with her on the visit to generate the a film in regards to the experience. The documentary follows Dr. Thomas’ efforts to give free health care to Ugandan women struggling with fistula, an opening in the birth canal caused by prolonged labor which includes devastating consequences, both medical and social.
The nightmare of living with fistulas is rare in the western world because of our advanced health care. But in Africa, no less than 2 million women live with this particular condition. Many times, the would-be mother becomes an outcast in her own community because of severe incontinence, and it is rejected by her husband and left to languish alone without friends or family. Uganda has the 3rd highest rate of fistula on the planet.
The film targets the medical and human journey of both as a famous and African woman through their experiences with fistula, showing how services in African countries compare with free airline. The 18-minute film can be viewed on the non-profit organization’s website http://LifeChangingMoments.org.
In providing this life-changing surgery for your women of Uganda Dr. Thomas herself stood a life-changing moment, and founded a non-profit organization, Life Changing Moments, to help more women in Africa.
The cost with this type of surgical treatment is only $50-$200 U.S. dollars per patient, Dr. Thomas said. And yet it's truly life-changing for women who is able to certainly be reunited with their families. Our online charity makes it easy to assist and is a powerful way to support this work continuing. Donations for the non-profit can be made at http://lifechangingmoments.org/category/donations/
Contact: Shirley Louis, 818/991-0988 Life Changing Moments e-mail: lifechangingmoments.org(at)gmail.com website: http://LifeChangingMoments.org. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNIC-vkSlsg
