next screening: Virtual
festival: October 1 -12, 2020
Fresh from the Toronto Film Festival, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad’s (Last Man in Aleppo) THE CAVE tells the story of a hidden, secret underground hospital in Syria and the unprecedented female-led team of civilians and medical professionals who risk their lives to provide medical care to the besieged local population. Amidst the devastation of war, 30-year-old aspiring pediatrician Dr. Amani and her team work tirelessly to restore health and hope. In Arabic with English subtitles. A National Geographic Documentary.
Moderator: Loren King, film critic, Boston Globe correspondent
Feras Feyyad
Kirstine Barfod, Sigrid Dyekjær
2019
95 minutes