Underground, Above the Sky and Among Olive Trees | 2015.
There are more innovative ways to die than one might imagine. Produced in the fifth year of the Syrian war, this film tells the story of a group of civilians who fled rural Aleppo and settled on the outskirts of Tartous—only to find themselves caught in a new cycle of danger and death. The film is the result of documentary filmmaking workshops in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme in Syria and Lens of Peace, where I served as the lead trainer and general supervisor of the film production.
Underground, Above the Sky and Among Olive Trees | 2015.
Rather than falling into stereotypical portrayals of local communities, the participants chose a different path and headed “beneath the earth, above the sky, and among the olive trees.”
The workshop led them to a forgotten place on the city’s edge: a displacement camp.
There, they explored the new, hidden darkness that war had left in this city.
Trapped behind an invisible barrier, the camp’s residents had stories to tell.
The participants searched for that barrier, crossed it, and documented life inside—with all its resilience, anxiety, and dignity.
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