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www.flowers-of-freedom.com
youtu.be/F_I-auxaEL0
vimeo.com/117153311
Photo 2011, Mirjam Leuze
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www.flowers-of-freedom.com
youtu.be/F_I-auxaEL0
vimeo.com/117153311
FLOWERS OF FREEDOM
Synopsis
When ERKINGUL and her friends meet for tea they talk about toxic cyanide, about bride kidnapping and where to buy the fattest sheep. The women of the NGO KAREK are mothers and wives but first and foremost they are activists, who challenge after a toxic spill in their village not only the nearby goldmine but also the Kyrgyz government. What begins in 2005 as a protest against the mine gradually expands for the women into political resistance. On April 7, 2010 revolution breaks out in Kyrgyzstan. ERKINGUL, the boss oft he group, makes a leap into the Kyrgyz parliament and continues her struggle against the gold mine now as a politician. Her friends stay back in the village. SAKISH slogs through in the goat wooltrade, TAMARA is now responsible for the management of the NGO and ASEL leaves for Siberia in order to earn money. Based on the story of ERKINGUL and her fellow activists, the film shows how these women take a stand for themselves and their way of life.Cast & Crew
- Director
- Producer
- Director of photography
- Editor (Cut)
Festivals/awards
NominierungenDeutscher Menschenrechts-Filmpreis 2016
Cinema FAIRBindet 2014 Teilnahmen
64. Berlinale PERSPECTIVE Ferbruar 2014 (world premiere)
DOK.fest München Internationaler Wettbewerb, Mai 2014
Kölner Kino Nächte - Juli 2014
Münchner EthnoFilmFest - November 2014
Golden Island Internationales Filmfestival - Nord-Zypern Nov. 2014
Frauenwelten Frauenfilm-Festival – Tübingen, Nov. 2014
This Human World – Internationales Menschenrechtsfilmfestival, Wien/Österreich 2014
Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto, Festival Internazionale di Cinema Cibo & Video Diversità, Trento/Italien 2015
Menschenrechts-Filmtage Luzern/Schweiz, Dez. 2014
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Jan. 2015
One World Internationales Menschenrechts-Dokumentarfilmfestival – Prag/ Tschechische Republik, März 2015
One World Menschenrechts-Dokumentarfilmfestival – Brüssel/ Belgien
Filmfestival Más - Managua/Nicaragua 2015
International Documentary Film Festival - Sevastopol 2015
Freiburger Filmforum - Freiburg/Germany Mai 2015
Amnesty International Filmfestival Toronto / Kanada, 2015
Göttingen International Ethnographic Filmfestival, Mai 2016
Sotambe Documentary Film and Arts Festival „Common Endeavors“, Sambia, September 2016
Ethnographische Filmtage Bremen, November 2016
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