PRESS & PRODUCTION NOTES THREE YEARS. SIX REVOLUTIONS. NINE WOMEN. FIGHTING FOR PEACE IN A STATE OF WAR. Press contact: BoomGen Studios,
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[email protected] [email protected] 212.620.0727 718.360.9284 WELCOME TO THE TRIALS OF SPRING Three years. Six revolutions. Nine women. Fighting for peace in a state of war. Do women’s voices matter? The Trials of Spring is a major documentary event that chronicles the stories of nine women who played central roles in the Arab Spring uprisings and their aftermaths in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria, Bahrain and Yemen. It includes a feature-length documentary, six short films, articles by award-winning journalists, and a robust social media conversation about women and their unwavering quest for social justice and freedom. The Trials of Spring launched as a special event on The New York Times homepage on Sunday, June 7. Six shorts in six days, culminating with the World Premiere of the feature documentary at the 2015 Human Rights Watch Film Festival on Friday, June 12. The project has been traveling at various festivals and with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival across the world. The Trials of Spring is created by Oscar Nominated Gini Reticker and Abigail Disney, the team behind the award-winning documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, and Executive Producers of the celebrated PBS special series, Women, War & Peace.