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Movie Trailer and Information

The feature-length documentary A Walk to Beautiful just won Best Feature-length Documentary at the International Documentary Association Awards Ceremony on December 7th 2007. The film premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival on May 5, 2007 where it won the coveted "Audience Award". Since then it has screened at numerous film festivals including: SilverDocs in Washington DC, Grand Performances in Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Docupolis International Documentary Festival in Barcelona, Spain, The Women Deliver Conference in London, England. It also screened at the Melbourne Human Rights Arts and Film Festival in November, and at additional festivals internationally and domestically.

The film was produced by Engel Entertainment in New York, who shot over 120 hours of film during three separate trips to Ethiopia. It documents the plight of fistula sufferers and the inspiring journey of five women as they move from devastation and despair to restored health. This trailer is approximately 90 seconds long. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, this may take a minute to load. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

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