Directed by: Rakel Aguirre
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime: 01:09:00
Category: Documentary
Thalia is an artist and banner maker who, in the early 80s, joined a women-only peace camp to stand against nuclear weapons through non-violent action.
42 years ago, in the summer of 1981, a group of 36 women left their homes and marched from Cardiff, the capital of Wales, to Greenham Common near London to protest against the American Cruise missiles that were going to be deployed in the UK as part of the Cold War response.
In fear of nuclear war, the group decided to stay and started a peace camp to protest against the storage of nuclear weapons at the base. The peace camp became women-only and soon transformed into a public space for women’s voices attracting hundreds of thousands of women over two decades.
Director Biography – Rakel Aguirre
Rakel Aguirre (Pamplona / Iruñea, Spain, 1981) is a journalist and independent filmmaker. She graduated in Journalism at the University of the Basque Country and completed her visual arts training with a diploma in Documentary Filmmaking at the International Film & Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in Cuba. In 2011, she directed her first documentary shortfilm and in 2014 co-directed the short film ‘The Lady of Percusion’ featured at festivals such as London Feminist Film Festival. Since then, she has been working on ‘Sew to Say’ her first feature documentary film. Interested in history and feminism, her work aims to document the untold stories of those in the margins.
Filmography:
Sin pecado concebida (2011) 3’50”
The Lady of Percussion (2014) 10′