Section: Long Documentary
Country: Liberia | USA
Production Year: 2013
Runtime: 83 Minutes
Director: Jessica Vale
Screenwriter: Jessica Vale
Cinematographer: Nika Offenbac
Editor: Jason Kessler
Music Composer: Jean-Luc Sinclair
Print Source: jessica@smallsmallthing.com
Synopsis: In December 2012, twelve years old Olivia Zinnah died of septic shock from a bowel obstruction. Her death was a result of complications from surgeries intended to repair the extensive injuries she sustained when she was raped at the age of seven. Few years before, at JFK Hospital in Monrovia, Capital of Liberia, Olivia Zinnah was nine, severely malnourished and handicapped. Believing her injuries to be the result of witchcraft, Olivia’s mother had been hiding her in their village for years…
