The War Show

POV Season 30

Feature Film | 07/03/2017 | 90 Mins

Radio host Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journalists. Beginning with peaceful Arab Spring protests in 2011, The War Show offers a four-year, ground-level look at how the country spiraled into bloody civil war. Official Selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Film Credits —

Alaa Hassan
Andreas Dalsgaard
Obaidah Zytoon