In “Not Like Us” Syrian refugees respond to fake news headlines.
The Syrian war has left over half the country displaced, and over 400,000 dead. However, the world has remained indifferent to the refugee’s suffering. Or worse, accused them of being radicals and terrorists. So on December 2016, we traveled to the Turkey/Syria border to get the real story from the most reliable source: the Syrian refugees themselves.
Director/filmmaker: Cano Rojas
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