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- 2017
- TV-MA
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 51 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A harrowing exploration of the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the last five years.
Directed By: Evgeny Afineevsky
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 51 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 51 m
Cries from Syria
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6.6
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Summary A harrowing exploration of the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the last five years.
Directed By: Evgeny Afineevsky
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
76
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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His interviews are informative and captivating, but the film’s gut-punch immediacy comes from the astounding visuals caught by participants on digital cameras and cellphones, including shocking images of Assad’s torturers at work.
Anyone with even a shred social conscience should find the comprehensive Syrian civil war documentary “Cries From Syria” a truly devastating experience.
A film that, while not especially pronounced in its structure or technical achievements, is nonetheless timely and devastating.
It should be required viewing for everyone in a position of power worldwide, especially those who would choose to enable genocide and stigmatize those who flee it.
The film is called, and certainly contains, cries from Syria but in itself Afineevsky’s documentary is more of a shout, a piercing scream.
While Afineevsky generally manages to pack in a lot of detail, analysis, nuance and humanism, this is largely absent in the last chapter, which feels like it was rushed together at the last minute and didn’t receive the same amount of time, care and thought as the film’s previous chapters
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Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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6.6
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Production Company
Afineevsky - Tolmor Production,
Cinepost Barrandov,
Levy Entertainment Group,
Studio Malibu
Release Date Mar 3, 2017
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 4 Nominations
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
