50 Feet From Syria

Year
2015
Country
USA
Duration:
39 mins

Overview

This short doc begins with a caution: “WARNING: This film contains graphic images of injuries caused by war.” And while the film is disturbing on many levels, it’s important on many more. Syria remains a vexing geopolitical problem for the world community, but this astonishing documentary isn't trying to figure out solutions. Rather, it's focus is on a Syrian-American doctor named Hisham Bismar, who leaves his comfortable practice in the U.S. to work in a Turkish hospital 50 feet from the border of Syria. The horrors he sees, and the humanity we witness, are indelible and essential.

Production Team

Director
Skye Fitzgerald

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2016 Mountainfilm Festival.