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Fear Us Women is the story of a Canadian civilian, Hanna Bohman, who has spent the last three years as a volunteer battling ISIS and liberating women in Syria. Motivated to fight, Hanna joins an all-female Kurdish army, the YPJ, which embraces the ISIS belief that militants killed by women go to Hell. The film follows Hanna as she is smuggled into Syria, trained to be a sniper and thrust into combat on the front line with ISIS. She and her comrades liberate ISIS sex slaves, many whom join the fight to seek revenge. Hanna’s harrowing journey reveals a revolution bigger than the fight against ISIS: a fight for equality and women’s liberation in the Middle East. As her status as a former model spreads to the enemy, Hanna becomes a wanted target. She keeps a last bullet for her suicide if capture is imminent. Fear Us Women is a most intimate look inside the brave female soldiers fighting one of the most dangerous wars on the planet. The film’s title comes from an Arabic tattoo on Hanna’s arm: “Fear us women o’ enemies of humanity, for you who die by our hand will burn in Hell forever.”
Director: David Darg
Producer: Diego Traverso
Executive Producer: Bryn Mooser, Ivana Kirkbride, Alissa Van Volkom, Olivia Wilde, Hayley Pappas
Associate Producers: Molly Swenson, Matt Ippolito, William Horan
Original Score: Morgan Kibby
Camera: David Darg, Hanna Böhman, Diego Traverso
Additional Footage: YPJ Media Center, YPG Press Office, Rony S. Elyas
Editor: David Darg
Art Direction: Erik Buckham, Palaceworks, Smiley Stevens
Sound Mixing Services: Harbor Picture Company
Re-recording Mixer: Grant Elder
Sound Engineer: Avi Laniado
Sound Coordinator: Kelsea Wigmore
Senior Producer, Sound Post: Gabriela Celi
Digital Intermediate: Harbor Picture Company
Colorist: Erik Choquette
DI Producer: Sheila Lobo
Conform Artist: Christian Fárfan
DI Support Engineer: Jerome Rain
Supervising DI Producer: Kevin Vale
Account Executive: Molle DeBartolo
Motion Graphics: Samuel Tobias
Production Coordinators: Zalala Ali, Katelyn Katz
Special Thanks: YPJ / YPG Media Teams, Luisa Silva, Naomi Darg, Cristobal Traverso, Emilian Traverso