
City of Ghosts
Our words are stronger than their weapons.
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.
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About City of Ghosts
- Directors
- Matthew Heineman
- Cast
- Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Hamoud, Hassan, Hussam, Naji Jerf, Mohamad
- Genres
- War, Documentary
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- EN
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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