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Documentaries like The White Helmets

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The 3 reasons people love The White Helmets

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  1. You want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.

  2. You like being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble.

  3. You want something short, about forty minutes.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • For Sama2019

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want a war told from inside by the woman living it.

  • City of Ghosts2017

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want to meet the people behind Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

  • Armadillo2010

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want a war film with no actors and no script.

  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • 20 Days in Mariupol2023

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • NAZA2026

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want firsthand testimony about real lives lost in Gaza.

  • Waltz with Bashir2008

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you like a director investigating his own past.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

  • Mosul2019

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want the fight against ISIS told by someone from Iraq.

  • Shoah1985

    • being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble

    Good for you if you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.

  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution2005

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.

  • The Last Days1998

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs
    • being moved by a child pulled alive from the rubble

    Good for you if you want to hear survivors tell their own stories.

  • Virunga2014

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want to see rangers risking everything for a park in Congo.

  • Tower2016

    • you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs

    Good for you if you want the people who were there, not the gunman, at the centre.

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