Director
Orlando von Einsiedel
Leading Actors/Actresses
Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, and Raed Saleh
Supporting Actors/Actresses
N/A
Genre
Short Documentary
Language
English and Arabic
Awards
Won the Academy Award for Best Documentary - Short Subject
Date of Release
September 16th, 2016
Producer
Joanna Natasegara
Setting and Context
Syria and Turkey
Narrator and Point of View
Told from the point of view of a few members of the White Helmets
Tone and Mood
Violent, Chaotic, Solemn, Sad, Depressing, and Hopeful.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The White Helmets (Protagonists) vs. Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian Military (Antagonists)
Major Conflict
The White Helmets' struggle to save everyone possible in war-torn Syria
Climax
Not applicable -- this is a documentary film and doesn't have a discernible climax
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
How much the White Helmets have to give up to do what they do is understated throughout the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
To geography, history, other documentaries, current events, and popular culture.
Paradox
The White Helmets almost never have rescue training, but they have saved over 58,000 people.
Parallelism
The story of each of the White Helmets are paralleled in one way or another (i.e. some lose a family and then get into the White Helmets).
