LOVE, LABOR, LOSS is the first U.S.-produced feature-length film on the issue of obstetric fistula. Non-narrated with music by Zap Mama and local artists, LOVE, LABOR, LOSS follows five women in Niger, West Africa suffering from obstetric fistula and a U.S.- Niger medical mission working to repair their fistulas to give them a second chance at a normal life.

The three week mission - which brings together the skills and expertise of Niger's slim medical community with those of prominent American visiting physicians from Johns Hopkins, Harvard University and others - begins with high hopes for repairing the 60 or so women waiting in the "fistula compound", a safe haven located in the hospital where women come to find solace from the stigma and neglect they experienced back in their villages.

As cultural barriers, equipment failures and lack of resources start to erode at the program, reality sets in that even with the most advanced medical techniques and personnel, Niger's position as the world's poorest country lends to a critical need for overall development in order to address women's health. With compelling stories of rural women negotiating through the hospital process and medical experts who have the knowledge but lack the resources to help them, LOVE, LABOR, LOSS becomes an opportunity to explore the fragility of women's health and the dire situation of Africa's growing health crisis.

With music by Zap Mama and local West African artists.
(Production Format: Color, DVCam NTSC, Languages: French, Djerma, Hausa, Tamachek; English Subtitles; TRT: 01:15:17)