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The Journey
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Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis. Matthew Cassel, an independent multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Istanbul, follows the seven-month, obstacle-laden 1700-mile journey of Aboud Shalhoub, a Syrian refugee who has fled the dangers of wartime Damascus in order to build a better life for his family in the Netherlands. Cassel's colleague Simon Safieh remained in Damascus with Aboud's wife and two children, who eventually join him in Europe.
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Runtime
73 min
Release Date
2016-09-20
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Aboud Shalhoub
Self
Christine Shalhoub
Self
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