Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Salam Neighbor (2015)

Directors:   Zach Ingrasci & Chris Temple
Run time: 75 min.

"The subjects include a 10-year-old Syrian boy who avoids school while struggling with severe shellshock, a grandmother who lost her sons in the war and now expresses her emotions by writing thoughts on her tent’s walls and weaving art out of discarded plastic bags, an international relief worker who advocates for women’s rights, a former university student and aspiring French teacher who now advocates for children’s education in the camp, and a single mother of three named Ghoussoon who lives outside Za’atari in the city of Mafraq."
 -Jenna Belhumeur, Wall Street Journal Blog (full post here)