City of Ghosts (2017)

I have to confess to swearing (quietly, I was in the cinema) several times when watching City of Ghosts. If this movie doesn't elicit some sort of reaction from you, then you must be dead inside.

It's not a pleasant film, but then it's not about pleasant events. Some of the atrocities perpetuated in the film are shown in screen. It's not voyeuristic, in fact it feels very necessary, but it is horrific.

The film for those who don't want to have to check out the cinema listings, is a documentary about Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group of civilian journalists reporting on the events occurring in the Syrian City of Raqqa under Isis occupation.

If your knowledge of Syria, the Arab Spring, the Western response to events, the refugee situation, or the true Moslem response to Isis is something that's a bit patchy for yiu, then this is the film to see. In fact, see it anyway, because it'll still reach you something.

Be prepared to be horrified though. But don't avoid it because you're squeamish - the people in the film didn't have that luxury.