82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us

82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us

49 mins | Documentary | May 1, 2018

Upon his release from prison, Mansour Omari, a Syrian POW and torture survivor, risked his life by writing the names of his fellow cellmates in blood and rust on scraps of cloth and sewing them into his shirt. The film follows Omari, now in exile, as he travels to Holocaust memorial sites in Germany and reflects on how to bring attention to the brutal regime he escaped. Along with the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, he is preparing to display the cloths so that the names of his 82 cellmates will not be forgotten. Warning: Graphic images

82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us

49 mins | Documentary | May 1, 2018

82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us
Upon his release from prison, Mansour Omari, a Syrian POW and torture survivor, risked his life by writing the names of his fellow cellmates in blood and rust on scraps of cloth and sewing them into his shirt. The film follows Omari, now in exile, as he travels to Holocaust memorial sites in Germany and reflects on how to bring attention to the brutal regime he escaped. Along with the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, he is preparing to display the cloths so that the names of his 82 cellmates will not be forgotten. Warning: Graphic images
Producers
Original title 82 Names: Syria, Please Don't Forget Us
Directors Maziar Bahari
Writers

Cast

Mansour Omari

as self