Get extended access to 1600+ episodes, binge watch your favorite shows, and stream anytime - online or in the PBS app.
Already a WGTE member?
You may have an unactivated WGTE Passport member benefit. Check to see.
Season 30 Episode 4 | 1h 23m 37s Video has closed captioning.
Radio host Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journalists. Beginning with peaceful Arab Spring protests 2011, The War Show offers a four-year, ground-level look at how the country spiraled into bloody civil war.
Aired: 07/03/17
Expired: 03/29/20
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The …
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
Classroom Clip: More Than One Enemy
Obaidah and friends are threatened. Assad's opponents want to create an Islamic caliphate.
We find out what happens to Amal, Lulu, Rabea and men murdered in Syrian prisons.
Behind the Lens: Why you should watch The War Show
Andreas Dalsgaard explains why you should watch The War Show in 30 seconds.
Lulu participates in her first demonstration. Obaidah describes the ritual of disobedience
Rabea’s arrest for being a musician and how the government fought art with violence.
Members of Obaidah’s small group of friends who are attacked, arrested, and murdered.
Classroom Clip: Meeting Obaidah and Amal
Obaidah, the film’s narrator, introduces her radio show and one of her devoted listeners.
Behind the Lens: How does The War Show portray Syria through
Andreas Dalsgaard on The War Show's unique point of view on Syria
The fate of Syria captured through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends.
Classroom Clip: From Protest to Armed Conflict
A young girl tearfully recalls an uncle who was shot and killed while protests escalate.
Wendell Scott's son remembers his father's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Newsletter
Every two weeks, we curate a selection of POV docs, old and new, around a central theme. Stream while you can—films are available for two weeks, until the next Playlist!
Subscribe
