The Volunteers
2017 - 2017
English
Fighting for Life in Syria
1 season, 2 episodes
Cameraman River Haag travels to war-torn Syria, documenting stories of the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII. After meeting a medical unit of passionate volunteers, River finds himself forced by conscience to use his own military medical training to join the YPG in the fight against ISIS, providing treatment to civilian casualties of war, as well as Kurdish, Arab, and even ISIS fighters.
- Status
- Ended
- Production
- Ricky Schroder Productions
Keywords
- medic
- syria
- isis (daesh)
- ypg
- kurds
Links
Top Cast
River O'Mahoney Hagg as Self
Top Crew
Jeff Toyne · Composer
River O'Mahoney Hagg · Cinematographer
Ricky Schroder · Executive Producer
Chris Long · Executive Producer
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