Khaled Khatib from Syria is a cinematographer as well as the press officer for the Syrian White Helmets. The group protects and rescues citizens affected by the countries civil war. In 2015 he was recruited for the documentary white helmets. The netflix documentary was nominated for an academy award was the story of 3 of these rescue workers in turkey. He was supposed to have a visa so he could come to America for the Oscar award show but because of recent events they decided it might not be the best or safest idea.
I think it is good to get out the message to people everywhere that not everyone in these countries that have harsh stereotypes against them are bad people. In fact majority are good people. Im glad the Khatib shared his story through his art form despite all the problems recently and that it was recognized for such a high honor as a Oscar nomination.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/middleeast/white-helmets-khaled-khatib-qa/index.html
Happy he was able express himself and what his country has been going through through his art form. I haven't seen this documentary, but I bet it is really good!
ReplyDeleteI should probably watch this documentary because the story itself sounds beautiful. I wish he could've made it to the oscars!
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