Aug 23, 2016
84 min
Full-HD

Gulîstan, Land of Roses (2016)

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.

Category

Documentary War

Country

Canada Germany

Companies

mîtosfilm Peripheria Productions ONF | NFB

Sozdar Cudî

Self

Rojen Bêrîtan

Self

Nupelda Herekol

Self

Silan Doxan

Self

Sozdar Cemal

Self

Avasin Silan

Self

Duran Kalkan

Self

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