A Syrian Love Story
Episode 19 · 2015-09-28

- Documentary
Episode overview
Award-winning documentary film by renowned filmmaker Sean McAllister, telling the poignant story of a family torn apart by the Assad regime. When Sean begins filming them in Syria in 2009, prior to the wave of revolutions in the Arab world, Raghda is incarcerated as a political prisoner and Amer is caring for their young boys alone. Raghda is eventually released from prison, but the family is forced to flee the country following the arrest of Sean McAllister himself. In exile, Raghda battles between being a mother or a revolutionary. Filmed over five years, this is an intimate and deeply moving portrait of a family trying to survive in exile - adapting to their new home, but missing their homeland. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.
85 minutes
Season 19 episodes
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3. Mugabe and the Democrats2015-02-09
4. Bulldozers, Paving Stones and Power: The Chinese Mayor2015-02-10
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6. The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog2015-02-18
7. Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship2015-02-22
8. The Great European Disaster Movie2015-03-01
9. 1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure2015-03-02
10. India's Daughter2015-03-04
11. Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva2015-03-09
12. The Lost Gold of the Highlands2015-03-17
13. Masterspy of Moscow: George Blake2015-03-23
14. My Mother the Secret Baby2015-03-30
15. Himmler: The Decent One2015-04-27
16. Last Days of Vietnam2015-07-13
17. Circus Elephant Rampage2015-07-22
18. Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise2015-08-09
19. A Syrian Love Story2015-09-28
20. Lockerbie: My Brother's Bomber2015-11-02
21. Dreamcatcher: Surviving Chicago's Streets2015-11-09
22. Orion: The Man Who Would Be King2015-11-16
23. Cartel Land2015-11-23
24. FBI Undercover2015-11-30
25. The Six-Day War: Censored Voices2015-12-07