Syria – The Impossible Revolution

Syria – The Impossible Revolution, a film by Anne Daly and Ronan Tynan, seeks to unravel the roots and ‘complexities’ of the bloodiest conflict in the Middle East as well as the politics of the Western response.

Using extensive archive and interviews with a wide range of people directly involved as well as experts on the region, the documentary seeks to offer some understanding about a conflict that has plumbed new depths in terms of the toll it has extracted on civilians. Some suggest more than five hundred thousand are already dead, half the population have fled their homes and five millions are now refugees in Europe and neighbouring countries with little prospect of returning any time soon.

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Paul Conroy is a photographer, and was with Marie Colvin when she was murdered in Syria – he will launch the film. He is also the author of Under The Wire: Marie Colvin’s Final Assignment.

Peter Tatchell is a human rights campaigner and Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation.

Ronan Tynan is the Director/Co-Producer of Syria – The Impossible Revolution.

Sawsan Abou Zainedin is a Syrian human rights campaigner.

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) is a Fellow in Comparative Politics at LSE and author of The Despot’s Accomplice.

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