This episode features an interview with Spanish filmmaker and documentarian Alba Sotorra. Alba’s latest film, Commander Arian, follows the title character and her journey alongside the Women’s Protection Unit in Syria (the YPJ)—an all-female militia fighting to liberate the city of Kobane from ISIS. Alba chats with Mica about how these women are fighting for their right to exist, how they earn freedom on the frontlines, and why it’s so important to solidarize with Syrian women. As Alba says, their fight is our fight, too.
