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In March 2011, the Syrian people, inspired by events in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, rose up against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Public protests sparked by the arrest and torture of children who had been detained after writing anti-regime graffiti led to violent crackdowns. As what would become a long civil war intensified, the Islamic State and other groups began seizing Syrian territory and imposing brutally oppressive conditions of their own.
Stranded between the opposing forces in the conflict, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed, seven million have been internally displaced and more than five million have desperately tried to survive by fleeing the country. Two-thirds of those who have fled to date are women and children.
CRIES FROM SYRIA is a searing, comprehensive account of the Syrian war from the inside out.
The film draws on hundreds of hours of war footage from Syrian activists and citizen journalists, as well as testimony from child protestors, revolution leaders, human rights defenders, ordinary citizens and high-ranking army generals who have defected from the government.
Their collective stories are a cry for attention and help from a world that little understands their reality or agrees on what to do about it.
Directed by Evgeny Afineevsky (the Oscar®-nominated “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”).
Original Release
03/10/2017
US Release
03/10/2017
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hadi Al Abdullah | Himself / Self |
Raed Al Saleh | Himself / Self |
Riad Al-Asaad | Self |
Bashar al-Assad | Self |
Abu Mohammad Al-Julani | Self |
Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb | Self |
Zaher Al-Saket | Self |
Tia Alkerdi | |
Kholoud Helmi | Self |
Yara Ibrahim |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hadi Al Abdullah | Himself / Self |
Raed Al Saleh | Himself / Self |
Riad Al-Asaad | Self |
Bashar al-Assad | Self |
Abu Mohammad Al-Julani | Self |
Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb | Self |
Zaher Al-Saket | Self |
Tia Alkerdi | |
Kholoud Helmi | Self |
Yara Ibrahim | |
Cissy Jones | Narrator |
Ghiath Matar | Self |
Suzan Matar | Self |
Helen Mirren | Narrator |
Abdul Basset Saroot | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lara Alameddine | Executive Producer |
Bohdan Batruch | Executive Producer |
David Dinerstein | Executive Producer |
Daniel Dubiecki | Executive Producer |
Artemis Joukowsky | Executive Producer |
Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
Chamsy Sarkis | Executive Producer |
Tomás Srovnal | Executive Producer |
Evgeny Afineevsky | Producer |
Nancy Abraham | Producer |
Thaer Al Tahli | Producer |
William Goldstein | Producer |
Sinan Hatahet | Producer |
Jawad Sharbaji | Producer |
Shahida Tulaganova | Producer |
Sergei Zhuravsky | Producer |
Aaron I. Butler | Producer |
Den Tolmor | Producer |