Smuggling 23 Minutes of Revolution

Name: Smuggling 23 Minutes of Revolution
Director: Soudade Kaadan
Released: 2011-08-01
Cast: Fidaa al-Hourani

2011 · 23 min

A smuggled camera slips into the heart of Hama. Amid hidden faces and disguised voices, one woman stands unmasked: Fidaa Al Hourani: doctor and activist. In the first broadcast film about the Syrian revolution, she risks her life to speak.

Directed by Soudade Kaadan · Written by Amer Mattar

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