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The Daughters of Kobani: Did You Know Hillary Clinton Has Gone Into Film Production? Published January 26th, 2021 - 12:58 GMT
“The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice.” (Twitter)
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According to Deadline, the former first lady said: “‘The Daughters of Kobani’ is an extraordinary account of brave, defiant women fighting for justice and equality.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s new production company, HiddenLight Productions, has acquired the adaptation rights of the Kurdish drama “The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice.”
The upcoming series is originally a book, which is expected to be published on Feb. 16, by best-selling US author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. It tells the story of an all-women Kurdish unit who took on Daesh in the Northern Syrian town of Kobani and won.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Developing Female Kurdish Militia Drama for TV
The mother-daughter producing partners have, via their HiddenLight production company, optioned author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon s The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice for the small screen.
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have set their sights on their first scripted TV series.
The duo, via their Hidden Light Productions banner, has acquired TV rights to best-selling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon s
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice. A network is not yet attached.
Set to be published Feb. 16 by Penguin Press,
Daughters of Kobani is based on hundreds of hours of interviews and on-the-ground reporting about the all-female Kurdish militia who took on ISIS in Northern Syria and won. Following the unlikely showdown emerged a fighting force who spread their own political vision and established gender equality in their corner of the Middle East and bey
Hillary Rodham Clinton And Chelsea Clinton’s New Production Company Lands The Rights To Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s ‘The Daughters of Kobani’; Will Be Developed As TV Series Deadline 1/25/2021
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice.
Given Lemmon’s track record going with best-selling books being adapted into feature films, the bidding war was quite competitive with several bidders before HiddenLight emerged the victor. For the Clintons, the property feels like the perfect IP to help launch their banner given the subject matter and strong women that helped Lemmon write it.
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The Daughters of Kobani is an extraordinary account of brave, defiant women fighting for justice and equality,” Rodham Clinton said. “We created HiddenLight to celebrate heroes sung and unsung alike whose courage is too often overlooked, and we could not be more thrilled to bring this inspiring story to viewers around the world.”