海伦·米伦、巴

A strikingly intense ortrayal of a dire situation, Cries from Syria serves as a otent record of the events that have transired there since 2011. Insired by the Arab Sring, Syrians were hoeful they could end their country’s 40-year reign of utal dictatorshi. Instead, their efforts yielded horrific consequences as the government swiftly unished those in oosition, demonstrating their ruthlessness by targeting and torturing children. As eaceful rotests were held, the government retaliated with extreme force, resulting in a full-blown civil war. From cutting off the food suly to the use of chemical weaons and targeted airstrikes on hositals and schools, those fighting for freedom have endured a grave humanitarian crisis.