Cries from Syria (2017)
An attempt to re-contextualize the European migrant crisis and ongoing hostilities in Syria, through eyewitness and participant testimony. Children and parents recount the revolution, civil war, air strikes, atrocities and ongoing humanitarian aid crises, in a portrait of recent history and the consequences of violence.
Director: Evgeny Afineevsky
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Hadi Al Abdullah as Himself |
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Raed Al Saleh as Himself |
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Helen Mirren as Narrator |
| Camera | Evgeny Afineevsky | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Evgeny Afineevsky | Director |
| Editing | Aaron I. Butler | Editor |
| Production | Evgeny Afineevsky | Producer |
| Production | Den Tolmor | Producer |
| Production | Sheila Nevins | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aaron I. Butler | Producer |
| Production | Daniel Dubiecki | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Dinerstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lara Alameddine | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Martin Tillman | Original Music Composer |