While the Men are Away(2023)

While the Men are Away is a drama series set during World War II that follows five women as they take over a family farm. Two recruits from the Women's Land Army arrive to help an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous housekeeper, and a draft-dodging farmhand keep the operation running while the men fight overseas. As they work the land together, an unlikely bond forms between them—one that offers each woman a taste of freedom and belonging she's never known. The series explores whether this hard-won kinship and independence can endure once the war ends and the men return home. Grounded in the real experiences of women who sustained agriculture during wartime, While the Men are Away balances the physical demands of farm life with intimate character drama, asking what these women might have to sacrifice to hold onto the lives they've built.