In a year when women are mobilizing and running for office in unprecedented numbers, see how some of the biggest international stories of recent memory are shaped by women. An all-female cast of directors present four never-before-told stories about the women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
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Miniseries
2019
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01. Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs
2019-03-25
Years of violent strife in Northern Ireland compel a group of Catholic and Protestant women to demand a seat at the negotiating table for the Good Friday Agreement—a deal that stands to this day.
02. The Trials of Spring
2019-03-25
In 2011 three Egyptian women fight for the goals of the popular movement: “bread, freedom and social justice” for all. Caught between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, the women soon find themselves being pushed backwards.
03. Naila and the Uprising
2019-03-26
In 1980s Gaza, student organizer and activist Naila Ayesh joins a secret network of women in a movement that brings together the disparate organizations protesting Israeli occupation - into the non-violent heart of the Palestinian struggle for freedom.
04. A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
2019-03-26
160 Bangladeshi women form an all-female unit of a UN peacekeeping mission to Haiti following the devastating 2011 earthquake, where they confront extreme poverty and devastated healthcare systems.
