These women didn't just survive ISIS — they came back with rifles and a vengeance.
September 2016: Stacey Dooley embeds herself on the frontline with the extraordinary all-female Yazidi battalion, who are fuelled to take revenge against the so-called Islamic State. As the battle to take Mosul from ISIS advances in Northern Iraq, in this extraordinary film for BBC Three, Stacey finds these young women's lives have been transformed by a desire to avenge their loved ones who were murdered by Isis.
Direction
Garcia-Parrado keeps camera steady as bullets don't.
Production
Remarkable access to active combat zones with Yazidi fighters.
Director
Almudena Garcia-Parrado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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