General Information

Author/Creator

McAllister, Sean, director.

Language

English.

Subtitles

English, Hungarian

Published

United Kingdom, 2015.

Physical Description

Blu-Ray (76 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00005676

Contents/Summary

Summary

Amer met Raghda in a Syrian prison cell 15 years ago. They communicated for many months through a tiny hole they secretly made in the wall. They fell in love and when released got married and started a family together. Filming began in Syria in 2009, prior to wave of changes in the Arab world – at the time, Raghda was a political prisoner and Amer was caring for their young children alone. As Raghda is released from prison, filmmaker Sean McAllister himself is arrested for filming and the political pressure around all activists intensifies. The family flees to Lebanon, and then to France. They are given political asylum in the sleepy town of Albi where they now watch the revolution from afar, waiting for Assad to fall. However, in exile, Raghda’s mental health suffers. In finding the freedom they fought so hard for, the family is beginning to fall apart.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Film also on HDD Verzio11/12 located: M22 R17 S2 R4

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
Blu-Ray Disc	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3924	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3924 (HU_OSA_00005676.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format