Sabaya

  • SABAYA New Trailer. Sundance Winning Documentary Captures the Rescue of Female ISIS Captives

    Sabaya directed by Hogir Hirori.
    A group of women and girls are rounded up in order to find one of the Sabaya (sex slaves) held by ISIS in Syria’s Al – Hol camp, the most dangerous camp in the Middle East. As seen in Sabaya, directed by Hogir Hirori. Image courtesy of MTV Documentary Films.

    MTV released the new trailer for Sabaya, the riveting documentary follows Mahmud, Ziyad and their group, armed with just a mobile phone and a gun, risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria. Directed by Hogir Hirori, the Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary opens in theaters and virtual cinemas starting on July 30.

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  • SABAYA. Sundance Winning Documentary on Rescue of Female ISIS Captives, Sets July Release Date

    Sabaya directed by Hogir Hirori.
    A group of women and girls are rounded up in order to find one of the Sabaya (sex slaves) held by ISIS in Syria’s Al – Hol camp, the most dangerous camp in the Middle East. As seen in Sabaya, directed by Hogir Hirori. Image courtesy of MTV Documentary Films.

    MTV Documentary Films will release Sabaya, a gripping docu-thriller that follows an intrepid team of volunteers as they rescue women and girls being held by members of ISIS.

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  • Nantucket Film Festival 2021 Announces Full Lineup, Opens with SUMMER OF SOUL

    Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
    Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the documentary SUMMER OF SOUL.

    Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) announced its lineup for the 26th annual edition, which will run from June 17-28 in a hybrid format with both online and open air screenings and conversations.

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  • ‘Summer of Soul’ and ‘How It Ends’ Bookend Independent Film Festival Boston 2021 Lineup

    Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
    Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mass Distraction Media.

    The Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) announced the full lineup of films that will screen at the 2021 festival set to take place virtually online from May 6th – May 16, 2021. “Summer of Soul” directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will open the festival on Thursday May 6th and “How It Ends” directed by Zoe Lister-Jones and Darryl Wein will close the festival on Sunday, May 16th.

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  • 2021 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup

    In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang
    A still from In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Sundance announced today the independent films selected for Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival will take place digitally via a feature-rich, Sundance-built online platform and in person on Satellite Screens across the country (public health permitting) from January 28-February 3, 2021.

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