Syria’s stolen lives

Bassam Ezzedine knows each excessively good astir the cruelty of Syria’s ousted government. After spending clip successful detention and seeing members of his household disappear, helium fled the state arsenic a refugee. But aft the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, Ezzedine hurried backmost location to assistance others find relatives who had gone missing arsenic suspected victims of the brutal situation system.

In this occurrence of Close Up, we travel Bassam arsenic helium works connected behalf of Syrians whose lives were upturned by the Assad dynasty. His ngo besides includes gathering grounds of the regime’s crimes, successful the anticipation that delivering justness volition assistance Syrians physique a amended future.

Credits:

Director/Producer: Abdulaziz Najm

Producer: Tierney Bonini

Cinematographers: Abdulaziz Najm, Khaled Zanklo

Director of photography: Abdo Fayyad

Sound recorder: Damen Fayyad

Writers/Editors: Feras Fayyad, Antonia Perello

Colourist: Antonia Perello

Sound mixer: Linus Bergman

Executive producer: James Champion

Senior editor: Donald Cameron