Women Behind the Wheel
Cat and Hannah, two British women in their twenties, take on the grueling 3000km drive through Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, along Central Asia's Pamir Highway. Their route brings them to the doorsteps of women from all walks of life, revealing a women's movement that has had as many ups and downs as the drive itself. Cat and Hannah discover women igniting change from within their communities – from doctors to bee keepers, and even a world champion of Taekwondo. They begin to realize that feminism exists in all shapes, and that even the smallest changes can amount to a quiet revolution.
Hannah Congdon is a freelance filmmaker and TV producer, whose work focuses on gender, politics, and mental health. Her career began at the Berlinale, and led to making her own films. Her short films have been screened at Underwire, Manchester Kinofilm Festival, and Soho Film Festival. She has also been published by the Huffington Post. Day-to-day she produces current affairs documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, and ITV. She was recently selected for the 2023 BIFA Springboard program for first-time British filmmakers.
Catherine Haigh has a passion for anthropology and ethnographic research. During university, she specialized in women’s health and conducted research with Syrian refugees that led to an award-winning thesis on migration and fertility. Cat is currently a sales manager for L’Oréal. Outside of work and film producing, she’s an avid traveler – from solo tours of India, to volunteering for earthquake recovery projects in Nepal.
