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Ummuye,
Behiye, Ummu, Fatma K., Cennet, Saniye, Fatma F., Zeynep and Nesime
are nine peasant women living in Arslankoy, a mountain village in
southern Turkey. They spend their days working hard in the fields,
on the construction site and at home. To lighten the burden of life,
these women come together for a wholly different reason. They intend
to write and perform a play based on their own life stories. They
gather at the local high school, which they were shy of even stepping
into until that day and they work with the principal, Mr. Huseyin.
They reveal their life stories that they were even afraid to tell
themselves and confront. For days on end, under the curious gazes
of the village men, they work tirelessly, discuss and create with
much fun a play, "The Outcry of Women!" This documentary is about
the development process of this play and the change the women went
through during this period.
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