Home Fires

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You can stream Home Fires (2015) on PBS with a subscription.

The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.

When the men leave for the front lines, a tight-knit village of women must reinvent their lives to keep the local munitions factory running. This wartime drama balances sharp, biting wit with the heavy emotional weight of a community pushed to its breaking point.

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