Alba Sotorra Clua’s documentary The Return: Life After Isis follows a group of Western Women who previously had devoted their lives to ISIS, including a recruit from Britain named Shamima Begum who fled the country when she was 15, and Hoda Muthana from the USA who encouraged Twitter followers to support the Islamic State. The film runs 90 minutes and will be presented at SXSW as part of the Documentary Feature competition.
Here’ the official synopsis:
Splitting opinions in the media and the public, these women now tell their stories for the first time. The film sensitively explores the realities of the more than 60,000 ISIS brides and children stranded in Syria with no country to go back to.
