Of Fathers and Sons

Of Fathers and Sons

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm
  • Library Hall
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival & Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature

After his Sundance award-winning documentary Return to Homs, filmmaker Talal Derki returned to his homeland where he gained the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses primarily on the children, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up with a father whose only dream is to establish an Islamic caliphate. Osama (13) and his brother Ayman (12) both love and admire their father and obey his words, but while Osama seems content to follow the path of Jihad, Ayman wants to go back to school. Of Fathers and Sons is a work of unparalleled intimacy that captures the chilling moment when childhood dies and jihadism is born.

Run Time: 

1 hour 39 min.
"An audacious feat of documentarian access."
Hollywood Reporter