Syrians banished from their country by war tell their stories to camera. Filmed on the Greek island of Lesvos, they give their accounts of loss, life, and no turning back, stories about family members killed by bombings in Syria, impossible demands forced on them by the Regime and ISIS forces controlling different areas, their love for sons and daughters who can never know the beauty of the shattered land where they were born.
These ordinary citizens speak with courage, humility and hope. Fleeing a tortured sectarian conflict, and now labelled ‘refugees’, they are still struggling to escape the ethnic/religious violence of Syria’s civil war, raging since 2011 and the Arab Spring uprisings in countries across the Middle East.
In a camp on a windswept island, individuals navigating storms of suffering face a dark lens and talk to us on the other side.
Directed by Matthew Kazuo Firpo
Executive Producer: Maximilian Guen
Producers: Matteo Zevi, Haris Katsigiannis, Rosanna Bach and Matthew K. Firpo
Cinematographer: Jake Saner
Editor & 2nd Camera: Stephen Michael Simon
Music: Shane Carruth
Sound Design & Mix: Sean Higgins
Color: Josh Bohoskey, The Mill
Drone Footage: RT – Ruptly
Special Thanks: Adrian Lancashire
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