The creators of 'The White Helmets,' the Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the Syrian Civil Defense, talk about the ongoing conflict and the numbing effect of the 24-hour news cycle. By Mia Galuppo ...
After years of stalemate, the conflict in Syria has erupted once again, with forces opposed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad seizing control of territory in northwestern Syria, including much of the ...
The POV documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” is about the daily struggle of volunteers known as the White Helmets, a rescue group in Aleppo, Syria. Courtesy of AMC 2017 Last Men in Aleppo (10 p.m., UNC-TV ...
"We all die here together." That vow, heard several times in Last Men in Aleppo, is apparently a common response to the suggestion that life might be better in Turkey or Germany than in the rubble of ...
The trailer for the Sundance Film Festival World Documentary Grand Jury Prize winner Last Men In Aleppo just dropped from Grasshopper Film. From Syrian writer-director Feras Fayyad, the film is the ...
An unforgettable and essential documentary about something that demands to be seen, even if it can never hope to be understood. During the dull bits of Firas Fayyad’s heroically banal “Last Men in ...
In a statement, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expressed solidarity with “Last Men in Aleppo” producer Kareem Abeed, who was denied a visa to travel to the United States to attend ...
Syria’s brutal civil war does not lack for villains—President Bashar al-Assad, for example, who according to the UN, has blistered his people with chemical weapons. Or Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. We continue our look at the award-winning documentary, “For Sama,” a devastating account of war-torn Syria told through the eyes of director ...
This winter, the Syrian government regained control over the entire city of Aleppo. For years before that, it was the largest urban stronghold of anti-regime rebels. Over those years, there were ...
An intimate and moving examination of the White Helmets, who pull survivors — and corpses — from bombed buildings in Syria's largest city. "We all die here together." That vow, heard several times in ...
"We all die here together." That vow, heard several times in Last Men in Aleppo, is apparently a common response to the suggestion that life might be better in Turkey or Germany than in the rubble of ...