Winner of the World Documentary Directing Award at Sundance 2021, Sabaya follows a heroic group rescuing Yazidi women being held as Sabayas (ISIS sex slaves) in Syria. Take a look at some of the amazing reviews ahead of its release in cinemas and on demand on 20 August:
"A stirring depiction of heroism"
Critics' Pick - Grade: A
IndieWire
"Gripping, harrowing, superb... an intense, deeply embedded documentary following the painstaking and perilous rescue of Yazidi women"
Variety
"Remarkable access and nerves of steel (on the part of both the subjects and of filmmaker Hogir Hirori) makes for a riveting documentary which is as tense as it is revealing."
Screen International
"An impressively exciting and strikingly novel approach in chronicling a humanitarian crisis that has yet to receive its due."
The Hollywood Reporter
“Riveting… A harrowing portrait of courage under fire that will shake audiences into awareness.”
RogerEbert.com
“This life-threatening work is documented with remarkable calmness and composure, even beauty.”
Sight & Sound
“Harrowing, visceral, and unprecedented, Hogir Hirori’s Sabaya makes most other documentaries seem like amateur home videos.”
Film Threat
With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.