A revolution survives despite everything. What does democracy look like when bombs are falling?
Six years later sequel of "The Communes of Rojava" (2018), made in the face of some of the most dire attacks yet faced by the pluralist, women-led, radically democratic project in North and East Syria. Though deeply inspired by the Rojava Revolution, this film is not about the Kurdish and Syrian Revolutions’ influence for an activist in America.
Direction
Filmmaker risks everything to return six years later.
Production
Made under active military threat. The danger is real.
Director
Neighbor Democracy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rojava's democratic confederalism was designed by imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, inspired by American anarchist Murray Bookchin—making this possibly the only place where Vermont municipalism meets Kurdish feminism.
The 2019 Turkish invasion destroyed many filming locations from the original documentary; this sequel was shot in what remains.
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