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“IN THE FACE OF WARS, GENOCIDES AND OTHER ATROCITIES, DOES ART-MAKING SERVE ANY PURPOSE? DAVID HENRY GERSON'S DOCUMENTARY, 'THE STORY WON'T DIE,' ANSWERS WITH A RESOUNDING YES."

NEW YORK TIMES

"A FILM MIXED FROM POETRY, MUSIC, COLORS AND DREAMS HAS CREATED A NEW VISION OF THE SYRIAN TRAGEDY. MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT NOTHING WILL GO IN VAIN."

TALAL DERKI, ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF 

'OF FATHERS AND SONS'

"ART HUMANIZES. THIS FILM HUMANIZES. THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES WILL MAKE EVERYONE SEE THEMSELVES IN THE PEOPLE IN THIS FILM."

SHEPARD FAIREY, ARTIST AND ACTIVIST

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SYNOPSIS:

THE STORY WON’T DIE, from Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson and Academy Award winning producer Odessa Rae, is an inspiring, timely look at a young generation of Syrian artists who use their work to protest and process what is currently the world’s largest and longest ongoing displacement of people since World War II. 


Rapper Abu Hajar, together with other celebrated creative personalities of the Syrian uprising, a Post-Rock musician (Anas Maghrebi), members of the first all female Syrian rock band (Bahila Hijazi and Lynn Mayya), breakdancer (Bboy Shadow), choreographer (Medhat Aldaabal), and visual artists (Tammam Azzam, Omar Imam and Diala Brisly), use their art to rise in revolution and endure in exile in this new documentary reflecting on a battle for peace, justice and freedom of expression. It is an uplifting and humanizing look at what it means to be a refugee in today’s world, and offers inspiring and hopeful vantages on a creative response to the chaos of war.

THE STORY WON’T DIE premiered at 2021 Hot Docs, went on to screen at AFI Docs, Watch Docs, and won Best Director at Doc LA and Best Feature Doc at FIC Autor Guadalajara.

WITH:

Medhat Aldaabal

Tammam Azzam

Diala Brisly

Abu Hajar 

Bahila Hijazi 

Omar Imam 

Anas Magrhebi 

Lynn Mayya 

Mhd Sabboura (aka BBoy TheShadow)

Directed by David Henry Gerson

Produced by Odessa Rae

Executive Produced by Katherine Embiricos LeFrak

Co-Produced by Abdalaziz Alhamza, Colleen Ritzau Leth and Martin Marquet

Co-Executive Produced by Omeed Malik, Marco Rotunno, Alexandra Schueler, Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy and Elaine Thomas

Cinematography by Luise Schröder

Editing by Christopher Robin Bell and David Henry Gerson

AWARDS

BEST DIRECTOR, DOC LA FILM FESTIVAL

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY, FIC AUTOR GUADALAJARA FILM FESTIVAL

BRING THE CHANGE AWARD, BIOGRAFILM  FILM FESTIVAL

AUDIENCE AWARD, SYRIAN DOC DAYS FILM FESTIVAL 


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