Daughters of Ghafouri

Overview

Set post-ISIS genocide, “Daughters of Ghafouri” follows Nemam Ghafouri, a refugee-turned-heart surgeon, as she leads a daring mission during the Covid pandemic to reunite children fathered by ISIS fighters with their former sex slave mothers. Shot on GoPro and iPhone cameras due to Covid restrictions, this film captures her historic rescue across the Syrian border, as chronicled by the New York Times.

Directed by Matthew Charles Hall

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