A screening of the film Cries from Syria, featuring a discussion with the Oscar-nominated director, Mr. Evgeny Afineevsky. Presented in partnership with Ambassador Colleen Bell & Bradley Bell and Cecilia Peck & Daniel Voll.

Cries from Syria is "a harrowing exploration of the devastating civil war that has defined the country over the last five years. This documentary film exposes viewers, many for the first time, to the real humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria and in refugee camps around the world. The film is a searing, comprehensive account of a brutal five-year conflict from the inside out, drawing on hundreds of hours of war footage from Syrian activists and citizen journalists, as well as testimony from child protestors, leaders of the revolution, human rights defenders, ordinary citizens, and high-ranking army generals who defected from the government. Their collective stories are a cry for attention and help from a world that little understands their reality or agrees on what to do about it."

Watch the trailer below:

Featuring:

Mr. Evgeny Afineevsky, Director, Cries from Syria

Evgeny Afineevsky is the director of the Oscar-nominated film Winter on Fire about the uprising in Ukraine. Cries from Syria premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Read more.

Moderator:

Ambassador Colleen Bell, Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

Ambassador Colleen Bell served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary from 2014 to 2017. Prior to her diplomatic service, Ambassador Bell was a leading business executive at Bell-Phillip Television Productions in Los Angeles. Read more.