The Way Out (2018)
• January 21st, 2018 • 0h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Co-directors Michelle Shephard and David York take an intimate journey with the mother of a young Canadian woman named Amina who left home to join the war in Syria and become a member of ISIS. From Canada to Europe and Turkey and back again, they work various channels seeking what a CSIS officer calls the “exfiltration” of Amina from inside the so-called Islamic State and into the custody of Canadian officials.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Born in Syria
Released on: 2016-11-06
Documentary
This intimate documentary follows a group of Syrian children refugees who narrowly escape a life of ...
Binxet - Under the border
Released on: 2017-05-11
Documentary
“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and free...
For Sama
Released on: 2019-07-26
Documentary, War
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life...
Privacy of Wounds
Released on: 2018-11-19
Documentary
Set as an experiment in a simulated cell in Oslo, three former political prisoners are locked up for...
Silvered Water
Released on: 2014-12-17
Documentary
Shot by a reported “1,001 Syrians” according to the filmmakers, SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT ...
The Matchmaker
Released on: 2022-08-31
Documentary
A unique interview with Tooba Gondal, the woman who groomed and lured scores of Western women to joi...
Salam
Released on: 2017-04-10
Documentary, Fantasy
In the privacy of her own home, a Syrian woman shares her thoughts and feelings, talking about her e...
My Enemy, My Brother
Released on: 2017-04-29
Documentary
The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was one of the most brutal conflicts to devastate the region in the 20t...
HyperNormalisation
Released on: 2016-10-25
Documentary
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They...
The Hunt for Jihadi John
Released on: 2019-05-20
Documentary
The inside story of Mohammed Emwazi's journey from being an ordinary London boy to becoming terroris...
Cries from Syria
Released on: 2017-01-22
Documentary
An attempt to re-contextualize the European migrant crisis and ongoing hostilities in Syria, through...
Last Men in Aleppo
Released on: 2017-02-27
Documentary
A searing example of boots-on-the-ground reportage follows the efforts of the internationally recogn...
Inside IS: 10 Days in the Islamic State
Released on: 2016-07-12
Documentary
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer uses this unique opportunity to expose ISIS' apocalyptic vision ...
The White Helmets
Released on: 2016-09-16
Documentary, War
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk th...
This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth
Released on: 2019-09-06
Documentary, History
For more than forty years, British journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent c...
Mosul
Released on: 2019-05-14
Documentary
An Iraqi journalist joins an army of uneasy allies and unforgettable characters in the epic battle t...
In Syrien auf Montage
Released on: 1971-10-01
Documentary
The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of...
Stacey on the Front Line: Girls, Guns and Isis
Released on: 2017-01-17
War, Documentary
September 2016: Stacey Dooley embeds herself on the frontline with the extraordinary all-female Yazi...