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Sun Ladies

Sun Ladies

Sun Ladies

2018

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Primo premio

For the ability to utilize the features of such an immersive medium in a conscious way, enhancing the story and highlighting unknown protagonists of the fight against ISIS.

Synopsis

In 2014 ISIS soldiers invaded the Yazida community in Sinjar, killing all the men and taking womenand girls as their sexual slaves. Some of them managed to escape and founded an exclusively female fighting unit called Sun Ladies aiming to give back dignity to their people. The VR experience is narrated by the voice of Xate Singali, Yazida woman that before the war was known as a singer in Kurdistan but now, in her new life, decided to risk everything and fight.

Biography and filmography

Christian Stephen is a war photographer, filmmaker and writer. He is known, especially in England, for his reportages from Iraq, Afghanistan, Siria, Somalia, Gaza and many others. Among his works: Welcome To Aleppo (2015), The Vicar Of Baghdad (2013).