Engel Entertainment is thrilled to announce that A Walk to Beautiful is the recipient of the 2009 Emmy® Award in the category of Outstanding Informational Programming -- Long Form, for the 52-minute version that premiered on NOVA (PBS) on May 13, 2008, of the original feature film. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony on Monday, September 21st, at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center.
Selected to appear in over 30 film festivals worldwide, A Walk to Beautiful has won international praise and awards including the Best Feature Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association, the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Starz Denver Film Festival, the Audience Award at both the San Francisco and St. Louis International Film Festivals, Premiere Selection (opening night film) at the Australian Human Rights Film Festival, and the Human Rights Award at Docupolis, the International Documentary Festival of Barcelona, Spain. We are honored to add the Emmy to this film lauded achievements.
A Walk to Beautiful tells the riveting stories of five Ethiopian women who suffer from obstetric fistula, a devastating injury caused by obstructed labor during childbirth. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these young women have been abandoned to lives of loneliness and shame. The film follows their journeys to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to reclaim their lost dignity and freedom. The trials they endure -- and their determination to rebuild their lives tell a universal story of hope, courage and transformation. Through the women's own eyes and in their own voices, a larger story emerges: that of the seemingly intractable problems facing women in the developing world, including under-nutrition, child marriage and lack of obstetric care.
Filmed in DV and HD, the powerful story A Walk to Beautiful tells is enhanced by dramatic views of the Ethiopian countryside. Compelling and inspirational, the film features stories of survival and triumph rarely seen on the screen.