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Title:
Gulîstan, land of roses [DVD video] : Kurdish women fighters wage war on Isis = Gulîstan, terre de roses : le combat de femmes Kurdes contre Le Groupe État Islamique
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Edition:
[Widescreen edition].
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
[Montréal, Quebećbec] : National Film Board of Canada, [2017]
©2017
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
A documentary about the Free Women's Units of the PKK, Kurdistan Workers' Party, who are seasoned female guerilla fighters whose mission is to defend Kurdish Territory in Iraq and Syria and defeat ISIS. These women also embody a revolutionary idea: female empowerment. As fighting against ISIS intensifies in the Middle East, filmmaker Zaynê Akyol follows the highly regimented lives of these women who openly share with us their most intimate thoughts and dreams.
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Title from container and disc label.
Public performance rights included.
Film originally released in 2016.
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Performers:
Narrator, Zaynê Akyol.
Contents:
Life in the mountains -- Training -- Sisterhood and confidences -- Strategy and ideology -- Off to war -- Recapturing a town -- The trenches -- Imminent danger -- The calm before the storm -- Leave-taking.
Technical Details:
DVD; stereo.
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Language:
Turkish
Additional Language:
In Turkish and Kurmanji with English or French subtitles; includes icon indicating that the film is accessible to the deaf.
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