Two thousand women lay bare in their most intimate sphere, telling dreams, fears, their present and their future. At the Venice Film Festival comes Woman, a film by Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand that brings to the screen the testimonies of women from 50 countries around the world.
Two thousand women lay bare in their most intimate sphere, telling dreams, fears, their present and their future. Arrives at the Venice Film Festival Woman, film by Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand that brings to the screen the testimonies of women from 50 countries around the world.
From one's family to culture and faith. Side by side there are discomforts, sexual harassment, great loves and still mobbing and motherhood.
Stories of different women who intertwine, who come out of the shadows and who in front of a camera tell a piece of their experience, the one that usually remains behind the everyday life of the home.
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“Many had never seen a camera before. When they sat down and had the opportunity to speak, we realized that their need to be heard was enormous, ”explains Mikova.
The purpose of Woman shot with the support of local associations is to tell women and their desire to succeed despite injustices. A long series of topics common to all: motherhood, education, marriage or economic independence, and again menstruation and sexuality.
Women in politics!
Remedios is the first Cholita woman to return to Parliament in Bolivia. Cholitas are indigenous women who claim their identity by wearing a colorful skirt (pollera), shawl and bowler hat. Women, poor and indigenous, they have long been victims of triple discrimination. But that didn't stop Remedios, who decided to silence everyone, including the Speaker of Parliament! Cholitas are indigenous women who claim their identity by wearing a colorful skirt (pollera), a shawl and a bowler hat. Women, poor and indigenous, have long been victims of triple discrimination. But that did not stop Remedios, who decided to silence everyone, including the President of Parliament!
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The film presented in Venice states that it promotes the cause of equal rights for women and "wants to build ambitious diversity programs, but at the same time support works that improve the visibility of this age-old social question".
Mamta – India “I ask these people, India: is beauty the only thing that matters? Who is this people...
Posted by woman on Thursday, April 11, 2019
In just over an hour and a half there are the voices collected between the 2012 and 2014, a few years before the birth of Me Too movement.
Posted by woman on Sunday, April 21, 2019
Women taken as a sample, some more timid, others without taboos, from different generations, from different countries and with not very homogeneous socio-cultural backgrounds. Thus memories of abuse, physical and psychological violence are born, but the common thread is the desire not to give up, the determination to move forward and not be stepped on.
Ana Rosa – Cuba“I have about 14 suitors, and I am gradually eliminating all those who do not fulfill my…
Posted by woman on Tuesday, April 16, 2019
“Today women are ready to speak. And by placing their trust in us, these women have also given us a great responsibility: to make sure that their voice is heard. So that tomorrow those who represent half of humanity will never again be seen as the weaker sex ”, comment Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
The documentary will hit theaters in 2020.
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