Directed, produced, and filmed by Academy Award–nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman (CARTEL LAND), CITY OF GHOSTS is a singularly powerful cinematic experience that is sure to shake audiences to their core as it elevates the canon of one of the most talented documentary filmmakers working today. Captivating in its immediacy, CITY OF GHOSTS follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” — a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

MOVIE REVIEW

One of the most uplifting and happiest movies you’ll see all year, the documentary City of Ghosts explores the fall of sinful, carefree Raqqa, Syria and its rescue by the bastions of hope and prosperity we all love and respect: mother-fucking ISIS. Yes, if you’re in a crappy mood and just want to have your spirits soar for 90 minutes, there’s nothing like watching little kids shoot men in the back of the head, more detached heads hung up on fence posts like something out of “Game of Thrones,” and the destruction of a city.
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