The documentary, meanwhile, also filmed in several additional locations in Turkey and the U.S. The digital film files then took over six months to be gradually smuggled out of the country for eventual uploading. citizen, also used Skype to conduct the interviews and direct the entire shoot inside Syria. And with that, they tell the story not only of Matar and his legacy but also of the brutality that is happening in Syria. Interviews are conducted with sniper fire going on behind them (watch the just-released trailer above). The footage is powerful - people with cameras literally running their lives in trying to get film. Michael Moore Slams Michigan Governor For Rejecting Syrian Refugees Instead, Kadi and cinematographer Carl Ballou recruited Syrian activists for assistance in arranging interviews - look at the picture where they brought people to be interviewed ( left) - some risking their lives, instructing them on the basics of filmmaking (camera use, lighting, etc.) through a crash course via Skype and email. They made the picture without setting foot on Syrian soil, a task virtually impossible since the story’s setting is to this day a war zone. While the docu tells the story of Matar and his edict of nonviolent protest, the filmmakers’ quest to make Little Gandhi is a story unto itself.
Afterward, Little Gandhi director Sam Kadi will have a Q&A with Frederic Hof, former U.S. Ed Royce, R-CA, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
and will have a special screening for Congress on March 15, with introductory opening remarks being made by Rep. Little Gandhi, about famed Syrian peace activist Ghiyath Matar, is being brought to D.C. EXCLUSIVE: The power of film is flexing its muscle around the world in a feature documentary that is being screened to government officials from Qatar to D.C.
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