Archive Event Highlight
VIDEO: Discussion of ‘Hell on Earth’ With Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested
On Wednesday, May 24, the OPC is hosted a special screening and discussion of the documentary Hell On Earth: The Fall Of Syria And The Rise of ISIS, with filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested.
Click on the playlist above to see clips from the discussion, when flimmakers discussed the films and answered questions about the role of international journalists amid global changes, the roots of Russia’s bombing campaign against civilians, the responsibility of nations to protect refugees fleeing conflict, and what part religion plays in fueling extremism.
The film puts the atrocities of this brutal paramilitary group in historical context, tracing the roots of ISIS to the rebel movement against Bashar al-Assad in Syria as well as U.S. mishandling of the aftermath of the Iraq War. Hell On Earth was cut from 1,000 hours of footage that includes that of a family living under ISIS control that finally fled to Turkey, Kurdish fighters in Sinjar and Shia militias in Iraq as well as al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in and around Aleppo and Raqqa.
Hell On Earth was cut from 1,000 hours of footage that includes that of a family living under ISIS control that finally fled to Turkey, Kurdish fighters in Sinjar and Shia militias in Iraq as well as al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in and around Aleppo and Raqqa.