These women are farming revolutions and dismantling patriarchy—40 minutes, zero chill.
In the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, we follow brave local women who challenge patriarchy by building institutions that promote self- sufficiency through agroecology. They also defy social norms by standing up against female genital mutilation and rejecting forced marriage. Carrying forward the legacy of Amílcar Cabral, the Bissau-Guinean independence leader who placed women’s rights at the center of the struggle for liberation, the women of a rising generation are taking their power back.
Direction
Iara Lee centers voices usually erased from 'activist' docs.
Production
Intimate access to guarded spaces of resistance.
Director
Iara Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Guinea-Bissau remains one of the world's poorest nations after Portuguese colonialism and a brutal 1998-99 civil war.
Lee's Cultures of Resistance network has documented grassroots movements across 35+ countries—this is her most intimate work yet.
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