On Her Shoulders offers insight into one Yazidi activist’s struggle to navigate the media and international advocacy apparatus while advocating tirelessly for her people. It will be of special interest to people who want to explore the following topics:

Activism

Advocacy

Asylum protection

Conflict related sexual violence

Cultural preservation

Ethics

Gender

Gender-based violence

Genocide

Heroism

Human rights

Human trafficking

International diplomacy

International law

Iraq

ISIS

Islamic State

Journalism

Media

Mental health

Patriarchy

Peace

Refugees

Religious extremism

Savior complex

Storytelling

Syria

Terrorism

Trauma

United Nations

Women’s rights

Yazidis

FILM PARTICIPANTS

Nadia Murad - Yazidi human rights activists working to bring ISIS before the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity

Murad Ismael - Director of Yazda, a nonprofit supporting Yazidi survivors

Ahmed Khudida Burjus - Deputy Executive Director of Yazda

Luis Moreno Ocampo - the former and first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Amal Clooney - human rights attorney who represented Nadia Murad