As a young woman, Gulîstan left Montreal years ago to join the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which fights for Kurdish independence in the face of Daesh. Following in search of her mentor, director Zaynê Akyol brings us a liberating and powerful vision of women risking their lives for their people. These female warriors train in guerrilla tactics and find camaraderie while the film inches closer to, but never quite reaches, a violent confrontation. Patient and self-aware, Akyol elicits mesmerizing interviews about the motivations and fears of the soldiers as the subtle cloak of terror encroaches. What is the cost of our freedom? These brave, beautiful women articulate with passion and clarity reasons we can all admire.(AS) Presented by theConsulate General of Canada