This was nominated for Best Documentary this year but I really feel like it's a little greedy to win an Oscar for The White Helmets and then turn around and basically make the same movie over again to try and win the Best Documentary Feature. That said, it is really important to keep drawing attention to the innocent civilians caught in the pincers of the Syrian Civil War right now. I just feel like there are more stories to be told than of just these guys.The Syrian Civil Defense workers, internationally known as the White Helmets, are still doing what they can as rescue workers and public safety officers in the war-torn city of Aleppo, Syria. They struggle with the seeming futility of their tasks. Khalid worries about how his children will grow up but knows that they won't leave Syria without him. Ahmed is desperately afraid of losing his younger brother, also a White Hat, and having to tell their parents. Every day they lose resources and their centers are deliberately targeted by the regime for bombing. These men are exemplary because they continue no matter what. Even after they've personally lost hope. They get up and they go to work to keep their neighbors and countrymen from losing hope.
This is super depressing and it didn't even win. I think it's important as a subject but I'm not going to say I enjoyed watching it. Watch The White Helmets instead. Same information, but earlier so they weren't quite so riddled with exhaustion and trauma.
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