Last Men in Aleppo (2017)

Original title

De sidste mænd i Aleppo

Directed by

Steen Johannessen, Feras Fayyad

Genre

documentary film

Country

Syria, Denmark

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

18

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the White Helmets volunteer rescue workers in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. Three founders of the group decide whether to stay or flee as they dig for survivors after bombings.

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What happens

Last Men in Aleppo (Arabic: آخر الرجال في حلب, romanized: Ākhir al-Rijāl fī Ḥalab) is a 2017 documentary film about the Syrian Civil War. Written and directed by Feras Fayyad, produced by Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen, it documents the life in Aleppo during the war and particularly sheds light on the search-and-rescue missions of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives. The documentary highlights the lives of three White Helmets founders, Khaled Omar Harrah, Subhi Alhussen and Mahmoud Alheter as they grapple the dilemma to flee their country or stay and fight for it. The film won the World Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. The film also won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 11th Asia pacific Screen Awards in 2017. After its theatrical run, it aired on the PBS series POV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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