Of Fathers and Sons

Of Fathers and Sons

Talal Derki • 2017 • Germany-Syria

A father trains his sons to join the global jihad.

Aged twelve and thirteen, Ayman and Osama live in Idlb province, Syria. Their father, an avowed al-Nusra fighter, is training them to join the global jihad. Feigning fundamentalist sympathies, Syrian filmmaker Talal Derki embedded himself for two years inside a radical Islamist family to capture the ideology of extremism.

Derki's second documentary premiered at Berlin, Stockholm, and Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary. Of Fathers and Sons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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    Of Fathers and Sons

    Of Fathers and Sons

    Talal Derki • 2017 • Germany-Syria • A father trains his sons to join the global jihad.

    Aged twelve and thirteen respectively, Ayman and Osama live with their father in Idlb province, Syria. Their father, an avowed al-Nusra fighter, is training them to join the global jihad. Feigning fundamenta...

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