Brazen: rebel ladies who rocked the world

75' / 9+

An animated series or portraits of women who wrote their own destinies, changed the world and tore down prejudice, an adaptation of Pénélope Bagieu’s best-selling graphic novel "Culottées". We have selected ten of them: 

Katia Kraft (1942-1991) - volcanologist, France

Cheryl Bridges (1947-…) - Athlete, USA

Sonita Alizadeh 1996-…) - Rapper, Iran/Afghanistan

Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) - Lover of Modern Art, USA

Naziq Al-Abid (1898-1959) - Activist aristocrat, Syria

Leymah Gbowee (1972-…) - Social worker, Liberia

Heddy Lamarr 1914-2000) - Actress and Inventor, Austria / USA

Thérèse Clerc (1927-2016) - Utopian realist, France

Tove Jonsson (1914-2001) - Painter / Moomins’ mommy, Finland

Las Mariposas (1924/26/35-1960) - Rebel sisters, Dominican Republic

From the documentary series “Women Undercover” written by Chloé Aeberhardt and directed by Aurélie Pollet:

Gabriele – a spy for East German Secret Services in West Germany. 

Ludmila – a KGB spy  

Yola – a Mossad spy