The Venice Film Festival is now off and running, with feature films both big and small getting ready for their glitzy debuts. However, festivals are also great places to discover new documentaries, and one that will be looking to make waves both on the Lido and at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival is Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon‘s “The War Show.” And we have an exclusive look at the film which takes to the streets of the Arab Spring.
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The documentary tells the story of radio host Obaidah Zytoon, who in the spring of 2011, joined friends in the street protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. With the Arab Spring coming, this group of artists and activists begin filming their lives and the events around them. But as the regime’s violent response spirals the country into a bloody civil war, their hopes for a better future are tested by violence, imprisonment and death, and what follows is an intimate look at the revolution through a small circle of friends.
“The War Show” premieres today at the Venice Film Festival.
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