Underplayed Gems

The Islamic State

The Islamic State poster
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How it feels

This is a documentary that follows a journalist spending three weeks inside Islamic State territory in 2014. It shows the group's police patrols in Raqqa and scenes from the front lines of Syria.

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What happens

The Islamic State is a documentary created by VICE News in 2014 during the rise of the Islamic State and documented by Vice News correspondent Medyan Dairieh while he was visiting the territory of the Islamic State for 3 weeks in which he explored areas of Raqqa with the hisbah (Islamic State police) and explored the front lines of Syria. A trailer called "From ISIS to the Islamic State" was released on August 11, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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