Review of Red Lines (2014) by Katherine C — 20 Jan 2016
Review from Woodstock Film Festival by Barbara Pokras, ACE.
At first glance, you might think Razan Shalab al-Sham and Mouaz Moustafa are just your average young Middle Eastern professionals - bright, sophisticated and tech savvy. The truth is hardly average - these two are revolutionaries. They are conspirators in a deadly serious collaboration to create a secular, democratic Syria, and the risk is enormous. Mouaz, Executive Director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, practices shuttle diplomacy on the international stage, while Razan, from one of Syria's most prominent families, commands a team of dedicated "smugglers," delivering humanitarian aid, medicine, fighters, money and journalists into Syria.
As the situation deteriorates, the two activists feel certain the West and the free world will intervene once the Red Line - the use of chemical weapons - is crossed. Yet no military aid is forthcoming, even as we witness dead and dying children, victims of a brutal regime intent on destroying its own people. This is a harrowing story, all the more so because it is still going on. Unforgettable, graphic and not for the faint-hearted. -Barbara Pokras, ACE.
This review of Red Lines (2014) was written by Katherine C on 20 Jan 2016.
Red Lines has generally received very positive reviews.
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