City of Ghosts
Jul 14 2017
•2h 30m
•War, Documentary
With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
Cast
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Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Self
Hamoud
Self
Hassan
Hamoud's brother
Hussam
Self
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