National Geographic Documentary Films and Award-Winning Filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested Release Trailer for Upcoming Film Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

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National Geographic Documentary Films and Award-Winning Filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested Release Trailer for Upcoming Film Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

WASHINGTON--()--In National Geographic Documentary Films’ Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and best-selling author Sebastian Junger and his Emmy-winning filmmaking partner, Nick Quested, chronicle Syria’s descent into the unbridled chaos that allowed the rise of the Islamic State, better known as ISIS. Pulling from nearly 1,000 hours of stunningly visceral footage — from that of a family living under ISIS control that finally fled to Turkey, to Kurdish fighters in Sinjar and Shia militias in Iraq and even to al-Qaida-affiliated fighters in and around Aleppo and Raqqa — Junger and Quested cover the ISIS catastrophe from multiple angles and feature interviews with top experts from around the world. Consequently, the filmmakers, who previously collaborated on a trio of films about the war in Afghanistan ("Restrepo," "The Last Patrol" and "Which Way is the Front Line From Here"), capture the Syrian war’s harrowing carnage, political and social consequences, and, most important, its human toll, while painting an alarming picture of the west’s role in the creation of ISIS.

Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, followed by a theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles and a global broadcast debut on National Geographic in 171 countries and 45 languages this spring.

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Contacts

National Geographic
Erin Griffin, 202-912-6681
erin.griffin@natgeo.com
or
Kristin Montalbano, 202-912-3244
kristin.montalbano@natgeo.com

Contacts

National Geographic
Erin Griffin, 202-912-6681
erin.griffin@natgeo.com
or
Kristin Montalbano, 202-912-3244
kristin.montalbano@natgeo.com