Cries From Syria

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Cries From Syria

2017

1h 51m

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Syrian activists, revolutionary leaders, former army generals, journalists and ordinary citizens discuss their country's humanitarian crisis and civil war.

Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

If the idea of cozying up to Russia strikes you as harmless, or all those Syrian refugees are too far away to seem real, the HBO documentary Cries From Syria is something you ought to watch.

Mar 13, 2017

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Matthew Gilbert

Boston Globe

It provides historical context, tracking the conflict from the Arab Spring to the confrontations between resistance groups and President Bashar al-Assad's army, all leading to the massive exodus of refugees.

Mar 13, 2017

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Dorothy Rabinowitz

Wall Street Journal

Cries From Syria is an eloquent, agitating and profoundly moving chronicle of that war and its participants.

Mar 10, 2017

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Christopher Campbell

Thrillist

The best of the year's Syria documentaries, the film thoroughly chronicles the situation from revolution to civil war and the refugee migration.

Feb 9, 2018

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Sr. Rose Pacatte

National Catholic Reporter

Set your DVR or watch "Cries from Syria" when it is broadcast tonight. The conflict may be complicated, but the brutality and gore of the killings of hundreds of thousands for the sake of one man, Assad, while the world watches, is not.

Jun 12, 2017

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Daniel Palmer

Film Inquiry

Cries from Syria is one of the most cogent attempts to dispel the poisonous myths being promulgated in certain sections of the media with regard to refugees.

Mar 12, 2017

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A must see. Such a tragedy in our world

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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I don't know if i will be able to see this again. It's a very difficult movie to watch. Syrian and Russian president deserve all the worst to come for them in a future. Highly recommended to watch only if you're ready to watch really tough scenes of war.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

HBO thanks for sharing this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Death to Putin & Assad. Goddamn them all to hell.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

This film should be mandatory viewing for all government officials!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Although I was generally aware of the problems in Syria, it's hard to comprehend if you merely see 15 seconds of footage on the news. This powerful movie provides a chronological history of the brutal atrocities inflicted on innocent people, most of them children and women. Torturing teens, bombing schools, raping women and men is tough to grasp...the amount of footage showing some of this and the hundreds of dead children will move everyone brave enough to sit through it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Evgeny Afineevsky

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Helen Mirren

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Evgeny Afineevsky

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Den Tolmor

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Aaron I. Butler

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David Dinerstein

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Syrian activists, revolutionary leaders, former army generals, journalists and ordinary citizens discuss their country's humanitarian crisis and civil war.

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky
Producer: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler
Production Co: National Geographic, Afineevsky - Tolmor Production, HBO Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 17, 2017
Runtime: 1h 51m

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