Draw for Change!

Name: Draw for Change!
Released: 2024-03-06
Rating: 9.4

9.4

March 6, 2024

1 Season • 6 Episodes

Ended

Documentary

"Six Female Cartoonists Redefining the Lines"

Overview

DRAW FOR CHANGE! is a 6 part documentary series about female cartoonists from all around the globe, challenging the red lines and the taboos of their society. Zooming in on their drawings, these cartoonists take us on a journey into their world in search of people who experience their drawings in reality.

Created By

Vincent Coen, Guillaume Vandenberghe

Episodes

1. A Stroke of Freedom

March 6, 2024 • 52m

In an Egypt once again under military dictatorship, with women's freedom under attack more than ever, Doaa el-Adl, a popular newspaper cartoonist throughout the Arab world, revisits twenty years of her struggle through imagery.

10.0

2. Behind the Lines

March 6, 2024 • 56m

In a rebellious city in Bashar al-Assad’s regime, a young Syrian cartoonist tries to impose her art of political caricature. A risky gamble in a world of men at war.

10.0

3. Tree of Violence

March 6, 2024

Through her drawings, she gives opposition to Putin: a portrait of Russian artist Victoria Lomasko, from her dissident life in Moscow to her forced exile in Brussels after the invasion of Ukraine.

10.0

4. Drawing a Line

March 6, 2024

In India, criticizing the authoritarian Narendra Modi and his regime can be dangerous. A sensitive portrait of young online cartoonist and political columnist Rachita Taneja, awaiting trial for satirising her country’s institutions. - - Direction Sama Pana

10.0

5. We Are Fire

March 6, 2024 • 53m

Mar Maremoto is a queer, punk artist with overflowing energy. Her work is lively and loaded with emotions. Her drawings and mural frescoes striking. She courageously explores the multiple repercussions of machismo, the anxiety of fat-shaming, or the difficulty of not complying with societal norms.

10.0

6. Open Letter

March 6, 2024 • 90m

"With revelatory insight, Open Letter focuses on two of the most controversial Supreme Court confirmations in US history, interrogating the ability of the judiciary to prosecute gender-based violence. Utilizing a fresh visual approach, America’s keenest legal minds review opportunities for reform."

8.0

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