Anna: The Woman Who Went to Fight ISIS
The story of Anna Campbell, who travelled to northern Syria in secret in 2017. Just eight months after arriving and with no military background, Anna went to the front line to fight with Kurdish YPJ.
In 2017, 25-year-old Anna Campbell from Lewes in East Sussex travelled in secret to northern Syria. She was heading for Rojava, the Kurdish territory in the north of the country. In the midst of the civil war in Syria, a fledgling feminist democracy had been established but almost immediately came under threat from the so-called Islamic State. Just eight months after arriving and with no military background, Anna went to the front line to fight with Kurdish YPJ. A month later she was killed by a Turkish air strike.
With access to her diary and videos filmed while she was there, this film explores what motivated Anna to leave and how her family make sense of the tragic consequences.
Part of the award-winning This World strand.
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Clips
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Anna Crosses Into Rojava
Duration: 01:55
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Dirk meets Nisrin Abdollah the Senior Commander of the YPJ
Duration: 01:59
Music Played
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Mouth Peace
What U-On?
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Max Richter
03 Richter Space 11
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Max Richter
On The Nature Of Daylight
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Deborah Maclaren |
Director | Marina Parker |
Producer | Marina Parker |
Executive Producer | Sarah Waldron |
Broadcasts
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales & Wales HD
- Wed 3 Jul 2019 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Fri 19 Jul 2019 01:15
- Fri 1 Nov 2019 00:15