50 FEET FROM SYRIA

Directed by SKYE FITZGERALD

Date

September 10, 2019

About Project

DIRECTOR

SKYE FITZGERALD

COUNTRY

USA

RUNNING TIME

40 mins

YEAR

2015

LANGUAGE

English

ABOUT THE FILM

This short film follows a Syrian-American doctor, Hisham Bismar, who volunteers as a surgeon at a hospital on the Turkish side of the border. 50 Feet from Syria offers a doorway into the suffering of war as well as portraying the resolve of those committed to humanitarian assistance. In addition to Bismar we meet a Turkish man endangering himself as he transports wounded across the border and a Syrian committed to not leaving his beleaguered hospital. The film offers a backdrop to understanding the situation of Syrian refugees being welcomed into Canada.