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A Woman and Her Chimpanzees Heal Together After Trauma

In “Mama,” directed by Pablo de la Chica, Mama Zawadi, a caregiver at a chimpanzee sanctuary, where she and the chimps—both victims of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—help each other heal.

The story behind the film.

Released on 10/20/2021

Transcript

[Anthony speaking french]

[Itsaso speaking french]

[Anthony speaking french]

[chimpanzee whines]

[Itsaso speaking french]

[Anthony speaking french]

[Itsaso speaking french]

[Anthony speaking french]

[Itsaso speaking french]

[Anthony speaking french]

[Itsaso speaking french]

[airplane engine roaring]

[light calm music]

[birds chirping]

[footsteps]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[light calm music]

[chimpanzee chirping]

[chimpanzee screams]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[chimpanzee chatters]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[chimpanzees chatter]

[light calm music]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[tense music]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Itsaso speaking Spanish]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Itsaso speaking Spanish]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Itsaso speaking Spanish]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[tense music]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[chimpanzee hoots]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[Mama Zawadi singing]

[Mama Zawadi laughs]

[light calm music]

[chimpanzee chirping]

[Mama Zawadi speaking French]

[light calm music]

[Mama Zawadi speaking French]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[women laugh]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Mama Zawadi laughs]

[women laugh]

[thunder]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[tense music]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[tense music]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[Mama Zawadi cries]

[cracking fire]

[soft piano music]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[soft piano music]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[emotive music]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[bright inspirational music]

[chimpanzees chirping]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[crickets chirping]

[gunshots]

[crickets chirping]

[gunshots]

[crickets chirping]

[gunshots]

[gunshots]

[gunshots]

[Lorena speaking Spanish]

[cracking fire]

[chimpanzee hoots]

[soft music]

[Mama Zawadi laughs]

[Mama Zawadi speaking french]

[soft inspirational music]

[intense music]

Director: Pablo de la Chica

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