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A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.
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| TruthdigJordan RiefeJunger and Quested organize the multisourced material in a straightforward chronology, tracing a complicated conflict with roots in the Arab Spring. |
| Counterpunch.orgLouis ProyectBy far the best documentary on Syria to date. It deserves the widest audience given the urgent need for solidarity with a people who have been killed or displaced for demanding freedom. |
| Los Angeles TimesLorraine AliThe 100-minute film does a phenomenal job detangling the numerous scenarios that led to Syria’s civil war and current bloodbath, dispelling the notion that this conflict is too complicated for those not versed on the Middle East to understand. |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe movie dramatizes the destruction of a society from within that society. Watching “Hell on Earth” is not an easy experience; I can’t recall another documentary with so many corpses. It’s a grief-struck history of cruelty, haplessness, and irresponsibility—a moral history as well as a history of events. |
| City Press (South Africa)Grethe KempHell on Earth is not an easy watch - it's infuriating and harrowing, and the footage is raw and visceral - but it should be compulsory viewing. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzFilled with the horrors of a war that is so sickening and brutal that it's hard to watch without grimacing. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyA mostly impressive array of experts (including, in the movie’s one unfortunate off note, Michael T. Flynn, who was forced to resign as national security adviser) adds to the merciless clarity of this tragic picture. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA useful primer for those who haven't paid enough attention and a synthesis for those who've been overwhelmed by years of upsetting news reports, the film explains cause-and-effect relationships that, while hardly unexplored, merit continued attention. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThe film argues that the people of the world are all connected. While there are certainly disasters when one nation involves itself in the civil war of another nation, there are also disasters which result from nations standing aside, doing nothing. |
| User ReviewEvan MYou know the topic. Its on the news. But you will only truly understand it after seeing this video. I wish we had not dithered like Hamlet and done more to stop the suffereing. Must watch video. |