Classroom Clip: Exhaustion
We see the devastation of the bombing and the daily struggles of the White Helmets to
cope.
Classroom Clip: The End of This Story
We see burial preparations for a rescue worker who was killed. It is Khaled. We also learn that Mahmoud left Aleppo, but returned and then ended up in Idlib. And we learn that 13.5 million Syrians, including 5.8 million children, are in urgent need of aid.
Last Men in Aleppo - Trailer
After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are getting ready for a siege. Through the eyes of volunteer rescue workers called the White Helmets, Last Men in Aleppo allows viewers to experience the daily life, death, and struggle in the streets, where they are fighting for sanity in a city where war has become the norm.
Classroom Clip: Meeting Obaidah and Amal
Obaidah, the film’s narrator, introduces her radio show and one of her devoted listeners, Amal, who risks her safety by using her phone to film street protests. Obaidah explains, “The regime’s biggest fear were those who held camera’s, so they were the first to be eliminated.”
Classroom Clip: More Than One Enemy
Obaidah and friends are threatened by opponents to Assad who want to create an Islamic caliphate, rather than a civil society in Syria. Now they are combatting two enemies.
Classroom Clip: Epilogue
We find out what happens to Amal, Lulu, and Rabea. The scene includes graphic photos of men murdered in Syrian prisons, including Rabea.
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Classroom Clip: Friends Die
We learn about members of Obaidah’s small group of friends who are attacked, arrested, and murdered. Rather than scaring away those who remain, it increases their resolve to stay.
Classroom Clip: From Protest to Armed Conflict
A young girl tearfully recalls an uncle who was shot and killed during a demonstration; We find out that “truth is the first casualty of conflict” when a car explosion is erroneously blamed on government forces, which escalates protests. And we learn about one source of weapons.
Classroom Clip: Meeting Rabea
We see demonstrations and the Assad government creating propaganda (“false news”) to convince Syrians that everything is fine and no one is dissatisfied. We hear about Rabea’s arrest for being a heavy metal musician and how the government fought art with violence.
Classroom Clip: Meeting Lulu
Lulu participates in her first demonstration. Obaidah describes the ritual of disobedience.
College Applications
Dalya’s brother gives her advice about her college application essay; the process leads her to think about her identity and her dreams. Dalya participates in the school talent show and has fun with friends getting ready to graduate.
Going to School
Rudayna talks about the challenges of adapting to life in the U.S. and going to college.
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Producer and subject Mustafa Zeno discusses how Americans can welcome Syrian refugees
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Wearing the Hijab
A speaker at school talks about being a Muslim American woman; Dalya and her mother listen to a news report in which Trump casts all Muslims as terrorists; Dalya and her mother argue about wearing the hijab.
American Experiences
Dalya has trouble finding halal food at the mall, recalls life in Syria, plays basketball, asks her mother for permission to attend her school’s Winter Formal (with boys), and Rudayna speaks of the values she is trying to instill in her daughter.
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