She They Us
How to navigate the world fiercely, when it doesn't seem created for your body, work, well-being, love? SHE THEY US is a series capturing the vision of women and their future, inspired by intersectional feminism and global responsibility. We work and fight for a more equal future in five episodes: body bullshit, sisterhood, unpaid care, leadership and femAnism.
She They Us is a series about the hopeful fight for a future where everyone can be equal. Each in their own way, seven people from the Lowlands strive for a world that better suits their well-being, bodies, work and love. We see, among others, musician Charlotte Adigéry, e-sports journalist Eefje 'Sjokz' Depoortere, cultural worker Fatima-Zohra Ait El Maâti, top model Hanne Gaby Odiele, domestic worker Mieke Van Hove, space scientist Angelique Van Ombergen and gender expert Kaouthar Darmoni.
Throughout the series, each character embraces her/their own interpretation of intersectional feminsim. 'Intersectionality' recognises that everyone experiences their own unique form of discrimination or oppression, involving not only gender but also ethnicity, class, religion, mobility, ... It was therefore crucial to make this series not from the perspective of one director, but through the kaleidoscope of a diverse film team of women and men, and in close collaboration with the protagonists.
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She They Us - Towards an Equal Future, Episode 1: Acceptance
Directed by Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq • Documentary • 2023 • 45 minutes
Hanne Gaby Odiele is an international topmodel. At the age of 17, she discovered being intersex while reading a teenage magazine. Only at that moment she understood the surgeries she had during her childhood. T...
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She They Us - Towards an Equal Future, Episode 2: Safety
Directed by Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq • Documentary • 2023 • 45 minutes
Eefje Depoorter is an e-sports journalist for global gaming events like League of Legends. Like so many other women in the gaming industry, she is confronted with online hate speech on a daily basis. Fatima-Zoh...
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She They Us - Towards an Equal Future, Episode 3: Parenthood
Directed by Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq • Documentary • 2023 • 45 minutes
As a space scientist at ESA (European Space Agency), Angelique Van Ombergen strives for more research on the female body in space. Being in a two-mother-family, she has to choose between concentrating on that a...
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She They Us - Towards an Equal Future, Episode 4: Legislation
Directed by Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq • Documentary • 2023 • 45 minutes
In order to tackle feminicide, Amsterdam based Kaouthar Darmoni advocates for changes in criminal law. Gender neutral laws hold in place the world’s blind spots. At the same time, Kaouthar helps women to reset ...
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She They Us - Towards an Equal Future, Episode 5: Protest
Directed by Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq • Documentary • 2023 • 45 minutes
Mieke, Kaouthar, Eefje, Fatima-Zohra, Angelique, Charlotte and Hanne. On a daily basis, they strive for a world that better fits their bodies, work, well-being, love. By lining up their fights, this series aims...
