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Gulistan, Land of Roses

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Original title

Gulistan, Land of Rosesaka

AKA

Gulistan, terre de roses

Year

2016

Running time

86 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Zayne Akyol

Screenwriter

Zayne Akyol

Cast

Documentary

Cinematography

Étienne Roussy

Producer

Mitosfilm, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Peripheria Productions

Genre

Documentary. War

Synopsis

They belong to the armed wing of the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is also an active guerrilla movement. The mission of these female fighters? Defend Kurdish territory in Iraq and Syria, and defeat ISIS (the armed militants of the so-called Islamic State group), all while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment. As filmmaker Zaynê Akyol follows their highly regimented lives, seasoned fighters like Rojen and Sozdar openly share with us their most intimate thoughts and dreams. Even as fighting against ISIS intensifies in the Middle East, these women bravely continue their battle against barbarism. Offering a window into this largely unknown world, Gulîstan, Land of Roses exposes the hidden face of this highly mediatized war: the female, feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.

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Gulistan, Land of Roses

2016

Zayne Akyol

6.0

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