HEALING. Zawadi’s story.
What happens when a young woman faces serious complications during labour in a remote corner of war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo? This film follows Sam Perkins, the Médecins Sans Frontières midwife whose team receive the emergency call to bring Zawadi for treatment at the only free maternity hospital for miles. Lack of access to health care in the DRC is a major cause of death amongst women and children under five. A duckrabbit production. Photography: Yasuyoshi Chiba Production: Benjamin [...]









