Women Building Peace

Synopsis

 

Women Building Peace is the story of remarkable women who, after surviving violence, war and genocide in Africa, are rebuilding their lives and societies, forgiving the killers of their families, adopting and raising orphans, breaking taboos, and redefining what it means to be a woman in their traditional cultures.

 

This documentary looks at some of the root causes behind the atrocities, and how existing matriarchal societies, whose cultural framework and belief systems not only embrace the feminine but see god as female, provide a much-needed peaceful and gender-balanced alternative to the violent, discriminatory cultures that currently dominate most of the world.

 

The film won best feature documentary at the Silver Wave Film Festival, Nov 6, 2016.

 

Length 70 minutes, 16:9 widescreen, DVD NTSC

 

Available on movingimages.ca

 

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Trailer