2022
UNDERRATED
1 h 23 m

2022
UNDERRATED
1 h 23 m

Summary Rapper Abu Hajar, together with other celebrated creative personalities of the Syrian uprising, a Post-Rock musician (Anas Maghrebi), members of the first all female Syrian rock band (Bahila Hijazi and Lynn Mayya), breakdancer (Bboy Shadow), choreographer (Medhat Aldaabal), and visual artists (Tammam Azzam, Omar Imam and Diala Brisly), u...

Documentary

Directed By: David Henry Gerson

2022
UNDERRATED
1 h 23 m

2022
UNDERRATED
1 h 23 m

The Story Won't Die

Name: The Story Won't Die
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-06-10
Duration: 1 min 23 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Medhat Aldaabal, Tammam Azzam, Diala Brisli, Abu Hajar, Bahila Hijazi

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Medhat Aldaabal

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Tammam Azzam

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Omar Imam

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Anas Maghrebi

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Lynn Mayya

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Mhd Sabboura

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Variety

Jun 22, 2022

Braiding the reflections of nine variously affected individuals on the subject, David Henry Gerson’s film successfully keeps the big picture and the smaller canvas in conscientious balance, disrupting overwhelming tragedy with more hopeful flashes of invention and inspiration.

By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 22, 2022

If Gerson’s brisk supercut style can feel frustratingly cursory at times, he chooses wisely to concede the stage to the artists — rousing scenes from concerts and recitals are the film’s highlights — rather than turn them into data points for an exhaustive account of the refugee crisis.

By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Jun 22, 2022

The Story Won’t Die gives us hope that what happened in Syria won’t be drowned out or forgotten and that bold artistic expression that disrupts the West’s status quo will also not die. These young Syrian artists keep such hopes alive.

By Ray Lobo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Caesura Media, RaeFilm Studios

Release Date Jun 10, 2022

Duration 1 h 23 m

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Website http://www.thestorywontdie.com/

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Tammam Azzam

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Diala Brisli

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Omar Imam

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Anas Maghrebi

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Lynn Mayya

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Mhd Sabboura

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