InterviewsInterview: Sound Designer Peter Albrechtsen on the Feeling the Reverberations of War in “The Cave”On getting inside a hospital that treats the wounded against all odds in Syria and inside the mind of its extraordinary medical director Dr....byStephen SaitoDec 14, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Feras Fayyad on Bringing Courage to the Surface in “The Cave”The "Last Men in Aleppo" filmmaker talks about his follow-up about a doctor whose resolve comes to the fore in treating a community of 400,0...byStephen SaitoOct 16, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts on Putting the Tragedy in Syria Into Focus in “For Sama”The filmmakers talk about how the camera became the weapon of choice in combating the al-Assad regime's denial of their brutal actions in Al...byStephen SaitoJul 29, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Talal Derki on What He Learned from Going Back to Syria to Make “Of Fathers and Sons”The director of "Return to Homs" talks about going back to his homeland to understand just how radicalism takes root in this devastating doc...byStephen SaitoNov 23, 2018
ReviewsSundance ’18 Review: “Of Fathers and Sons” Offers an Unflinching Look at How Hate is Passed Down in SyriaA chilling observation of a family of Islamic fundamentalists shows how young boys are shaped by being born into a life of violence.byStephen SaitoJan 21, 2018
InterviewsInterview: Matthew Heineman on Covering a War of Information in “City of Ghosts”The "Cartel Land" director on a different view on the war in Syria through a profile of the citizen journalist outfit Raqqa is Being Slaught...byStephen SaitoOct 18, 2017
InterviewsInterview: Marcel Mettelsiefen on the Arduous Journey to “Watani: My Homeland”On the Oscar-shortlisted documentary short about what is lost when a Syrian family is resettles in Germany after fleeing violence in Aleppo.byStephen SaitoJan 7, 2017
InterviewsInterview: Sophie Deraspe Connects the Dots in “A Gay Girl in Damascus – The Amina Profile”The Canadian filmmaker on stumbling into an incredible subject for a film and the wild search to find the truth after.byStephen SaitoJul 27, 2015
InterviewsInterview: Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman on Tracking the “E-Team”The doc directors form one superteam to track another in a nonfiction nailbiter about Human Rights Watch's emergency investigation unit.byStephen SaitoOct 20, 2014