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Still Recording

Lissa Ammetsajjel

2018

A film-loving young man tries to teach cinema to others in besieged Eastern Ghouta while his friend is trapped on the government-held side of Damascus, the two documenting their war-torn reality as it unfolds. A raw, immediate war documentary.

Part of 10 Essential Syrian Films

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