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Documentary ‘Oh, Sister’ Tells the Stories of Ukrainian Women Fighting for Peace and Freedom

11/08/2022
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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The premiere of the film is scheduled for autumn 2022

'Oh, Sister' is a short documentary film about the role of Ukrainian women in the fight for peace and freedom and their contribution as a central part of the Ukrainian victory against Russian occupiers. 

The short is directed by Hanna Kopylova and Iryna Tsilyk, with Jane Bondarenko acting as DOP. It's produced by Sasha Chernyavsky and Christina Prylip of 2332 films.

The documentary builds upon the visit of three Nobel Peace Laureates to Krakow and Lviv, Ukraine as part of the Nobel Women Initiative’s Delegation. The NWI has united under its wing women laureates of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. The purpose of the organisation is to increase the strength and visibility of women's groups working around the planet in the name of peace, justice and equality.


The three women are American anti-war activist Jody Williams; Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman; and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee.

Jody Williams is a long-time global security activist and founder of the International Movement to Ban Landmines. Thanks to her efforts, the movement managed to achieve the signing of the Ottawa Convention in just five years, a document that prohibits the production, use, storage, and transfer of anti-personnel mines, as well as their gradual destruction. For her anti-war contributions, Jody received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.

The Iron Woman of Yemen, Tawakkol Karman, defended the rights of the people of her country for many years, became an opponent of president Ali Abdullah Saleh and fought against outdated, long-slavish traditions regarding women in Yemen, for which in 2011 she became the first Arab woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. 

She shared her award with Liberian Leymah Gbowee. In 2002, Leymah organised grassroots Liberian women's movement for peace and took women's protests in her country to a whole new level. She gave a voice to compatriots. Leymah combines her activities in the Nobel Women's Initiative with consulting work at the UN. 

Common ground between Williams, Karman, Gbowee and Ukrainian women comes from many years of experiencing “wars caused by the male ego.”

Among the numerous Ukrainian women who in their own way contribute to overall victory, the film will tell the stories of:

- Oleksandra Matviychuk, a Kyiv-based human rights lawyer and civil society leader. Oleksandr heads the non-profit organisation The Center for Civil Liberties and is an active campaigner for democratic reforms in Ukraine. On 4 June 2021, Matviychuk was nominated to the United Nations Committee against Torture and made history as Ukraine’s first female candidate to the UN treaty body. She ran on a platform to limit violence against women in conflict.  

- Alla Melnychuk, head of the 'Mother and Newborn' charitable organisation, which for more than 20 years have helped save the lives of newborns with major health problems and reunited them with their mothers. 

- Tata Kepler, a woman who united and leads a group of volunteers, which took their mission to provide medical supplies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilians who needed help in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. 

“Oh, Sister” is a collective portrait of women who, through their activities, face the challenges of this inhumane war daily.

The film is supported by the Nobel Women Initiative, BMW Foundation and United for Ukraine Association. 

The premiere of the film is scheduled for autumn 2022.

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