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A real life lived. We want more films about the Kurds to be released.The sufferings of the past will never be forgotten. Freedom for the Kurds

It is not an "exciting" film but so true, so heavy. There was no Rambo but every female fighter in the film (and on the battlefront) is a heroine. Men kill for power, for domination; women kill, when needed, to save, to regain their lost honor, to preserve their dignity. And shame on those who desert these brave people who have helped them to eradicate those who tortured and killed.

"Our bodies and our blood will feed the land Our children's children Our milk will be red From Our death will spring life We have faith A new day is dawning It will be a new era of Women, Life, Liberty" August of 2014, Iraqi Kurdistan. The ISIL (ISIS) invaders invaded Mount Sinjar. This would follow with another genocide in Kurdistan after the horrific Anfal back in late 80s by Saddam's forces. As the Daesh forces carried out the genocide, some 5000 Yazidis were killed, around 500,000 fled and thousands of women and girls were captured and forced into sexual slavery. This is a story of some handful of the Yazidi women fighters who stood upright and fought the ISIS forces. Powerful story but storytelling is somewhat drab with some disconnect and hackneyed segments.. However, gritty locations (Georgia) and impressive production design and compelling and vehement performance by Farahani redress the movie and push it higher to a great watch category.

Good movie that left politics aside and displayed the horrors of war from the eyes of women ready to fight. Good filming, good music. Even having to read subtitles it was captivating throughout.

You have here a true, authentic masterpiece in the line of TIMBUKTU or the Tv series BLACK CROWS, but told from another angle. The tale of a bunch of female fighters against ISIS brutality, barbary. Female warriors, amazons of a new kind, women who has nothing to lose, except letting ISIS monsters continue their evil work. That's really a poignant, gripping story about sacrifice, struggle and hate. But also the burning desire to exterminate the indescribable. This story could ahve been a great TV series, so that so many supporting characters may be better described. Coincidence or not, the final part of the film takes place on November Friday the 13th 2015; Black Friday for France, with the Paris and Bataclan killings.