ANGELMAKER is a 6-episode feminist western, set in a world where a lone midwife takes justice into her own hands in a lawless land, striking fear into the hearts of village men. I was very intrigued when I stumbled upon the true story of the ANGELMAKER because it happened so close to home, yet growing up, nobody talked about it. As a filmmaker, I'm interested in uncovering lesser-known stories from the periphery of society. Our story is based on real events taking place in the Hungarian-Romanian region between the end of the 19th century and well after WWI ended. There are several accounts of midwives from isolated villages helping poor and uneducated women out of abusive marriages by using inexpensive arsenic poisoning. In all cases, it quickly got out of hand, as the women started using the poison against anyone they didn’t sympathize with. This resulted in a strange poisoning epidemic that was halted very late, as authorities started investigating only after mediatic pressure. As a team coming from this region, we think there is great potential for local and uncovered stories to become internationally relevant, exploring Eastern European history in a way that was never seen before. Besides the thrill of the shadowy world of poisoning, the series aims to incorporate romantic elements and historical fiction. Eastern Europe stars as a collective background character, where a powerful new creature arises: the midwife.