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Sundance ‘26: A Childhood Displaced in Syrian Refugee Doc ‘ONE IN A MILLION’

Aleppo, Syria, 2025. A bombed out shell of its former self. Ten years prior, it was a flourishing city filled with bustling markets, food stalls, prayer, and congregation. Co-directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes chronicle that ten year transformation through the lens of Israa, an Aleppo native. Filming for One in a Million began in 2015, when Israa was an 11-year-old child, shortly before her family fled Assad’s Syria for Germany. Read More