‘Gentle, Angry Women’ documentary to screen in Gloucester as part of ‘Protest!’ events

 ‘Gentle, Angry Women’ is the latest documentary film by award-winning Cornish film company Awen Productions. The story follows three young women as they retrace the march to Greenham Common, forty years on from the first Women’s Peace Protests.

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Following a sold-out premiere, the film is returning for its 2026 tour of venues across the UK, including locations such as Gloucester, Cardiff, Abergavenny, Bristol, Oxford, Reading, and Cornwall.

Gentle, Angry Women will be screening at The Folk of Gloucester on Friday 15th May, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. These screenings will be followed by Q&As with special guest Rebecca Mordan, author of ‘Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981-2000’.

These screenings are part of ‘Protest!’, a community programme of events by the The Folk of Gloucester and Voices of Gloucester to commemorate 100 years since the General Strike.

The protest at Greenham Common lasted for 19 years and was one of the largest women’s movements in British history. Despite this, many people have never heard of Greenham Common, including the young protagonists in Gentle, Angry Women. Even the film’s director Barbara Santi herself admitted that she didn’t previously know much about the protests.

“I belong to the generation that should have inherited and passed on these stories, yet failed to do so,” she admits. “I’m working to repair that broken chain of women’s collective memory.”

“Every woman deserves to know her own history - yet an entire generation has been robbed of the knowledge that thousands of women once lived for years in makeshift camps, facing arrest and ridicule to prevent nuclear war.”

The director believes that, in light of current conflicts, the message of the film is more relevant than ever.

“In a time when young people are grappling with climate crisis, global conflicts, and technological isolation, they need to see how previous generations of 'gentle, angry women' faced seemingly impossible odds and refused to give up.”                                                 

Evie (19), from Cornwall, features in the film and joins her peers Xanthe (17) and Poppy (16) on the 110-mile march to Greenham Common to uncover its lost legacy.

Along the way, they meet the Greenham Women who spent years at the peace camp, hearing their stories and prompting intergenerational conversations about the world today. The young women are passionate about a range of environmental and social justice issues, from Black Lives Matter, to climate change, women’s rights, and animal activism. Gentle, Angry Women provides a platform for connection and dialogue concerning the key issues of our time.

Early audiences have found the film to be an inspiring watch.

"A really humbling story of collective women's activism and a roller coaster of emotions for the audience."

“Powerful, poetic, and unapologetically bold.”

As well as highlighting the vital role of women in the Greenham Common Peace Protests, the film has created pathways for young women in the production of the documentary itself, allowing them to thrive in technical production roles.

Santi believes that giving a platform to uplift women emulates the ethos of the film itself.

“The film champions small acts of defiance and community building as powerful forms of resistance. At its heart, this is a film about hope - about finding strength in gentle anger and discovering that the most profound changes often begin with the smallest, most personal acts of courage.”

Tickets (£5 general admission) and further information about the film, including the trailer, can be found on the Folklife Films website, under ‘Gentle, Angry Women’.