Stacey on the Front Line: Girls, Guns and Isis (2017)

01/17/2017 (IQ) • 45m

War, Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Stacey Dooley

Herself - Presenter


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

child murder

iraq

violence against women

sexual violence

genocide

war zone

isis (daesh)

frontline

yazidis

war refugees

women in the military

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