Film screening: Return to Homs - December 5, 2014
How differently people might remember the Alamo had there been a camera crew there to observe it. Talal Derki鈥檚 鈥淩eturn to Homs鈥� represents a remarkable achievement in immersive conflict-zone filmmaking, fearlessly taking auds to the front lines of the Syrian civil war and embedding them alongside soccer star turned resistance leader Abdul Basset Saroot, a charismatic nonviolent protestor pushed into taking up arms against the oppressive regime. What the film lacks in context it gains in visceral eyewitness value, its countless tragedies serving as a potential rallying cry to supporters wherever this Sundance World Cinema docu winner unspools abroad.
鈥� excerpt from a , Chief International Film Critic, Variety
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A post-screening discussion will be moderated by . Director Talal Derki will take part in the discussion via Skype.
Presented by the Islamic Studies Library.
