In a year when American women mobilized, ran for office, and were elected to Congress in unprecedented numbers, the acclaimed documentary series WOMEN, WAR & PEACE returns Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26, 2019, with powerful stories of women’s role in dramatic conflicts and peace settlements across the globe.
Filmed in Northern Ireland, Egypt, Palestine and Haiti, the four-hour series examines the changing roles of women in war and peace.
Discover how some of the biggest recent international events have been shaped by women in a showcase of four, female-directed films that tell never-before-told stories about women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: “Wave Goodbye To Dinosaurs: airs Monday, March 25 at 9:30 p.m. (updated start time) - Discover the story of the Catholic and Protestant women who come together during Northern Ireland's bloody civil war and fight to ensure that human rights, equality and inclusion shape the historic Good Friday Agreement peace deal.
Episode 2: “The Trials Of Spring” airs Monday, March 25 at 10:30 p.m. - Follow three Egyptian women as they put their lives and bodies on the line fighting for justice and freedom. The film tells the story of Egypt's Arab Spring, the human rights abuses that came to define it and the women willing to risk everything.
Episode 3: “Naila And The Uprising” airs Tuesday, March 26 at 9 p.m. - Discover the story of a courageous, nonviolent women's movement that formed the heart of the Palestinian struggle for freedom during the 1987 uprising. One woman must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three.
Episode 4: “A Journey Of A Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers” airs Tuesday, March 26 at 10 p.m. - Embark on a risky yearlong U.N. peacekeeping mission into earthquake-ravaged Haiti with an all-female Bangladeshi police unit. Leaving their families behind, these police officers shatter stereotypes as they rise in the name of building peace.
Watch On Your Schedule:
Films from this series will be available to stream on demand the day after each premiere for a limited time.
Join The Conversation:
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE is on Facebook. Follow @WomenWarPeace on Twitter. #WomenWarPeacePBS
Credits:
Executive produced by Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker for Fork Films and Stephen Segaller for THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET.
