Starring Agnes Rase, this series follows the first police officers in Stockholm and is already in the Top 10 most viewed on the streaming app.
In recent years, Netflix managed to consolidate itself as a privileged space for productions based on real events, where fiction meets history. However, the app not only popularized stories about crimes, politics or biographies, but also gave a prominent place to those starring women, reflecting social struggles and changes that deserve to be told.
And the recent premiere of “The new brigade” is the best example of this trend. The Swedish series revives a little-known episode from Stockholm: the incorporation of the first police officers into the forcein a context marked by gender inequality and institutional resistance.
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With six chapters, the bet is already on Top 10 most viewed and stands out for its feminist and inspiring vision that invites reflection. You can’t miss it!
What is “The New Brigade” about?
The series is set in 1958a key year in the history of Swedenwhen for the first time a women’s group manages to graduate from police academy and obtain the official plate. Until then, female participation in the force was limited to administrative and assistance roles, without access to patrols or operational functions.
Although the diploma already seemed like a historic achievement, the incorporation of these pioneers was not welcome. Their male companions received them with ridicule, and the authorities decided to send them to the Stockholm’s most troubled district, Klaraa neighborhood with high crime rates.
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There, in addition to dealing with crime, they must face the institutional discriminationsuch as the obligation to wear a uniform consisting of a skirt and heels, designed more to distinguish them than to facilitate their work.
In this way, the chapters portray their fight to prevailchallenge the norms of a society that did not see them as equal and open the way to future generations. A story of endurancebravery and conquered rights.
Trailer for “The New Brigade”
Cast of “The New Brigade”
- Josefin Asplund as Monika Kvarngard.
- Agnes Rase as Ingrid Svensson.
- Malin Persson Giolito as Karin Lindholm.
- Christopher Wagelin as Erik Johansson.
- Hannes Fohlin.
- Rasmus Luthander.
- Jimmy Lindstrom.
- Cilla Thorell.
- Peter Eriksson.
- Dominik Henzel.
Source: Ambito
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