Sabaya

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Sabaya

2021

1h 30m

Documentary

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Members of a group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls who are being held as sex slaves in the most dangerous ISIS camp in the Middle East -- Al-Hol in Syria.

Critics Consensus

Sabaya presents a scary and sobering look at human suffering -- and the efforts of those dedicated to ending it.

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Becca Voelcker

Sight & Sound

Hirori is careful to underplay neither Mahmud and his male colleagues' tireless compassion nor the complicity of Daesh women who we witness concealingsabayafromrescuers.

Dec 3, 2021

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Christian Blauvelt

IndieWire

A documentary by way of a "Bourne" movie, but so much more an act of daring.

Rated: A

Aug 22, 2021

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

A riveting documentary which is as tense as it is revealing.

Aug 22, 2021

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

The film also devotes time to the rescued as they slowly reclaim their individual identities, physical appearance and emotional and ideological freedoms.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 16, 2023

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Cody Dericks

Next Best Picture

Beyond being informative, it is a harrowing and surprisingly exhilarating portrait of survival, retrieval, and justice.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 8, 2022

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Phil Guie

Film-Forward.com

It's alternately raw, angry, and bitter, but never anything less than powerful and intimate.

Rated: 4.5/5

Feb 27, 2022

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Synopsis

Members of a group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls who are being held as sex slaves in the most dangerous ISIS camp in the Middle East -- Al-Hol in Syria.

Director: Hogir Hirori
Producer: Hogir Hirori, Antonio Russo Merenda
Screenwriter: Hogir Hirori
Production Co: Lolav Media, Ginestra Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Kurdish
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 30, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m

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