The Journey

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Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 13m.

Synopsis

Field of Vision and The New Yorker have created a six-part episodic documentary, filmed in 2015, that immerses us in the Syrian refugee crisis. Matthew Cassel, an independent multimedia journalist and filmmaker based in Istanbul, follows the seven-month, obstacle-laden 1700-mile journey of Aboud Shalhoub, a Syrian refugee who has fled the dangers of wartime Damascus in order to build a better life for his family in the Netherlands. Cassel's colleague Simon Safieh remained in Damascus with Aboud's wife and two children, who eventually join him in Europe.

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Key crew

• Matthew CasselDirector

Cast

• Aboud ShalhoubSelf
• Christine ShalhoubSelf

Themes