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Sabaya

2021

Hogir Hirori

Documentary

7.4

43

Documentary In August 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Daesh) attacked the ancestral homeland of the Yazidis, one of the oldest ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq. Among many atrocities Daesh committed was the abduction of thousands of women and girls, who were passed on as sex slaves (sabaya) among the jihadists. Five years after the attack, filmmaker Hogir Hirori takes us on an eye-opening journey that follows a group of volunteers ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Inkoo Kang The Hollywood Reporter	"An impressively exciting and strikingly novel approach in chronicling a humanitarian crisis that has yet to receive its due."
		Jessica Kiang Variety	'"Sabaya' is remarkable not least for how cleanly Hirori excises himself from it (...) The bravery of the infiltrators. The reckless faith it takes to stop 'ating the world after it has done such horror to you."
		Christian Blauvelt IndieWire	"This is a documentary by way of a 'Bourne' movie, but so much more an act of daring. Not that there aren’t stunning moments of visual awe"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"A riveting documentary which is as tense as it is revealing (...) Hirori’s subtle and unobtrusive approach is one of the film’s strengths"
		Isaac Feldberg The Film Stage	"Tense and gripping, Hogir Hirori’s documentary Sabaya never positions itself as a thriller. There’s no need (...) it’s nerve-janglingly scary."
		Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"A harrowing portrait of courage under fire that will shake audiences into awareness"
		David Katz Cineuropa	"The testimonies then given by these survivors are heart-wrenching"

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