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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.