So They Know We Existed
Documentary · 14 min · Arabic · 2021
Directed by Neil Collier
When she heard the explosions around her, 15-year-old Sma Ahel immediately picked up her phone. 'I removed the password from my phone so that if we didn't make it out, and we were killed, people would know what happened to us. So they know we existed.' In their own words and images, this short docu…
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