''A Requiem for Syrian Refugees'' is a 2014

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directed by

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Background

''A Requiem for Syrian Refugees'' was shot in Northern Iraq by Richard Wolf, who travelled to the Kawergosk Refugee Camp, to investigate the state of affairs and living of the displaced people by the civil disorder in the

Territory of the Islamic State The Islamic State (IS) had its core in Iraq and Ba'athist Syria, Syria from 2013 to 2017 Western Iraq campaign, 2017 and Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, 2019 respectively, where the proto-state controlled significant swathes of urban area, urban, rur ...

Reception

''A Requiem for Syrian Refugees'', reviewed by film historian, Roy Grundmann for '' Cinéaste'', commented that "the synergized aestheticization of its subject moves the film closer to a Hollywoodized Gesamtkunstwerk of the ilk of Schindler's List." Anita Gates of ''

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'' lauded Robert's directing and criticised the film "as a powerfully direct as it is unfortunately heavy-handed, with lingering black-and-white close-ups of barbed wire and children's wide eyes." She acknowledged that the film is good generally when she wrote, "but the film is eloquent, too, thanks to the voices of the refugees themselves." Diana Clarke of ''

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'' expressed a tone of praise and sadness saying that Richard Wolf "gives his subjects, Syrians living in a refugee camp in northern Iraq, a platform to tell their truths. The result is urgent, deeply painful yet lovely in its aesthetics."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Requiem For Syrian Refugees 2014 films Documentary films about Iraq 2014 documentary films British documentary films 2010s British films