MYLENE SAULOY

FRANCE | 2016 | 52’

Hundreds of women come from Paris to Kobane, from Turkish Kurdistan to Sinjar, Iraq to fight the Islamic State. They are heiresses of a movement created nearly 40 years ago in Turkey, beginning with the PKK, and today based in the mountains of North Iraq. Their founder, Sakine Cansiz, an icon, was assassinated in Paris in 2013. Today, this radical movement has an ambitious objective: to change the history of the Middle East by establishing a democratic and egalitarian society based on gender equality.

Mylène Sauloy studied architecture and then obtained a Masters in Social Sciences at the Sorbonne. She is founder and project leader of "Marcho Doryila - cultural solidarity with Chechnya, Caucasus and Latin America". She is director and camerawoman and has worked for numerous French TV channles such as ARTE, Canal Plus, France 3, collaborating on many different reports and documentaries.