The War Show An Elegy For Pre-War Syrian Bohemia

by Joule ZelmanThe twilight before the nightmare...
The War Show is a documentary directed by Obaidah Zytoon and Andreas Dalsgaard, and edited from footageZytoon shot between 2011 to 2012. The film follows young DJ-turned-videojournalist, Zytoon, as the exuberant Arab Spring is annihilated by horrific regime violence. Zytoon shows astonishing bravery as she embeds with the rebels, but she is also aware of the fact that her work is being used as a funding tool by comrades-in-arms and Islamists wh