Synopsis
When ERKINGUL and her friends meet for tea they talk about toxic cyanide, about bride kidnapping and where to buy the fattest sheep. The women of the NGO KAREK are mothers and wives but first and foremost they are activists, who challenge after a toxic spill in their village not only the nearby goldmine but also the Kyrgyz government. What begins in 2005 as a protest against the mine gradually expands for the women into political resistance. On April 7, 2010 revolution breaks out in Kyrgyzstan. ERKINGUL, the boss oft he group, makes a leap into the Kyrgyz parliament and continues her struggle against the gold mine now as a politician. Her friends stay back in the village. SAKISH slogs through in the goat wooltrade, TAMARA is now responsible for the management of the NGO and ASEL leaves for Siberia in order to earn money. Based on the story of ERKINGUL and her fellow activists, the film shows how these women take a stand for themselves and their way of life.
