Tracing Argentinian doctor Alina Sánchez’s revolutionary journey from Patagonia, via Cuba, to Rojava, where she provided radical care with the Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movement.
Saturday 15 November 2025
13:00–14:30 | CCA Glasgow
María Laura Vásquez I 1h22m I Argentina / Rojava 2024 I Spanish and Kurdish with English subtitles I N/C 18
A film tracing the life of Argentinian doctor and internationalist Alina Sánchez (Lêgerîn), who journeyed from Patagonia to Cuba, to Europe, and finally to Rojava, where she became part of the Kurdish Women’s Liberation Movement.
Through archival footage and testimonies, the film portrays her work as a physician and health coordinator in wartime, blending medical science with ancestral knowledge and radical care.
Alina’s story, cut short by her death in 2018, emerges as a moving portrait of solidarity across borders, linking Latin American struggles with Kurdish resistance and asking what it means to live and act in true commitment to others.
Content Advisory Notes:
This documentary deals with themes of migration, family separation, and a personal search for identity. It contains reflective and emotionally resonant moments related to these topics.
