Aleppo's Fall

Before the Fall of Aleppo, the Syrian-Norwegian director Nizam Najar travels back to his home town. Armed with his camera, he follows a group of civilians who fight under the flag of the Free Syrian Army when they defend themselves against their own government. The tailor Haj Khaled starts to make flags for the peaceful demonstrations against the dictatorship but ends up as the leader of the militia of young men fighting for their freedom. In the fight against Assad and Putin on one side and ISIS on the other, Haj Khaled tries to keep the group together and the moral alive. We follow them through the days of hope, via desperation, death, and division – until Aleppo falls and the survivors must flee to Idlib. (Big Sky Documentary Film Festival)