“Take your broken heart, turn it into art,” said the late Carrie Fisher, distilling a sentiment that has fueled much essential political and protest art across history. Yet the time and headspace to create art is a hard luxury to come by when daily survival is itself a challenge. That’s the tension driving “The Story Won’t Die,” the latest in a long run of documentaries probing the mass displacement of people amid the ongoing Syrian civil war, this time with a particular focus on the musicians, dancers and visual artists caught up in the refugee crisis: Moved to convey their personal and national turmoil in the terms they know best, they find the upheaval and insecurity of refugee life as much a creative hindrance as it is a spur.
Braiding the reflections of nine variously affected individuals on the subject, . That blend of art, activism and human interest...
Braiding the reflections of nine variously affected individuals on the subject, . That blend of art, activism and human interest...
- 5/12/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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