The War Show (2016)
- Directed by
- Obaidah Zytoon, Andreas Dalsgaard
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Syria, Germany, Turkey, Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A former radio DJ in Syria films his own experiences during the Arab Spring and the civil war that follows. The movie shows the uprising and the conflict from his personal perspective.
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What happens
The War Show is a 2016 Syrian-Danish-German documentary film co-written and directed by Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon. It was awarded best film in the Venice Days section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. The film recounts the Arab Spring days in Syria and the subsequent civil war though the eyes of a Syrian former radio DJ. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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