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Shout Gladi Gladi

Narrated by Academy Award® winning actress Meryl Streep, SHOUT GLADI GLADI celebrates the extraordinary people who rescue African women and girls from obstetric fistula, a medical condition that can turn them into reviled outcasts. Directed by Adam Friedman and Iain Kennedy, and filmed in Malawi and Sierra Leone, the film spotlights the quest of Ann Gloag, the indefatigable philanthropist and former nurse who drives the movement to save these vulnerable women, and presents the patients as they tell stirring tales of their struggles and triumphs. Everything culminates with the exuberant Gladi Gladi ceremony, a singing and dancing blowout that marks the day the women and girls return home cured.

  • Adam Friedman
    Director
  • Iain Kennedy
    Director
  • Iain Kennedy
    Writer
  • Lois Boyle
    Producer
  • Patti Cohoon-Friedman
    Producer
  • Adam Friedman
    Producer
  • Ann Gloag
    Producer
  • Iain Kennedy
    Producer
  • Roma Torre
    Producer
  • Jacqueline Vorhauer
    Producer
  • Meryl Streep
    Key Cast
    "Narrator of film"
  • Melinda Gates
    Key Cast
    "as Melinda Gates"
  • Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson
    Key Cast
    "as Jeffrey Wilkinson"
  • Dame Ann Gloag
    Key Cast
    "as Ann Gloag"
  • Margaret Moyo
    Key Cast
    "as Margaret Moyo"
  • Florence Banda
    Key Cast
    "as Florence Banda"
  • Wole Soyinka
    Key Cast
    "as Ibrahim Bangura"
  • Lois Boyle
    Key Cast
    "as Lois Boyle"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Documentary, News, History, Maternal Healthcare, Women's Empowerment
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 2, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • International Film Circuit
    Country: United States
Director - Adam Friedman, Iain Kennedy