Thursday, March 1, 2018

The Syrian war is probably one of the most dramatic events happening in the news. Since 2011 during a wave of Arab Springs the discontent with President Assad and his government, then an armed insurgency started in July 201, finally escalating in December 2013. The crisis still going and there is no solution at this point. Countries like Russia and Iran have been involved but not necessary to solve the problem.

This war has become the main source of personal stories made as a documentary. One of those is the story of Khaled Omar Harrah, Subhi Alhussen, and Mahmoud, founding members of the White Helmets a group in the city of Aleppo, normal citizens acting as first responders when military strikes hit the city.

Last Men in Aleppo focus on the dilemma of these people of keep fighting the war or flee the country. The film follows them in a very dramatic and dangerous situation when the audience witnesses the Syrian war down and dirty. The documentary divides the story into Khaled , Subhi , and Mahmoud and their family trying to live in this destroyed city, finding resources and experiences how everything is falling apart.

Syrian director Firas Fayyad directed and wrote this war documentary as a way of presenting to the world what's really happening in his home country.



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