2017 · documentary · war
Last Men in Aleppo (2017)
Directed by Steen Johannessen, Feras Fayyad1h 41m2017
A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recognized White Helmets, an organization consisting of ordinary citizens who are the first to rush towards military strikes and attacks in the hope of saving lives. Incorporating moments of both heart-pounding suspense and improbable beauty, the documentary draws us into the lives of three of its founders — Khaled, Subhi, and Mahmoud — as they grapple with the chaos around them and struggle with an ever-present dilemma: do they flee or stay and fight for their country?
Our read: Last Men in Aleppo (2017) (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary · war entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme documentary / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
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- extreme
- bleak
- epic-stakes
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