After Spring
After Spring is a feature documentary that focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis. By following two refugee families in transition and aid workers fighting to keep the camp running, viewers will experience what it is like to live in Zaatari, the largest camp for Syrian refugees. Everyone must decide if they can rebuild their lives in a place that was never meant to be permanent.
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart
Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere, Broadcast on Starz
WINNER Audience Award New Orleans Film Festival 2016
WINNER Frontline Award for Documentary Journalism
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
www.afterspringfilm.com
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Instagram: @afterspringfilm
PRESS QUOTES
“We’ve all seen the hyperbole and the polemics, and the propaganda about who these refugees are and what these camps are and to see it in its most stark, human, objective form is beautiful. [Filmmakers] Steph and Ellen found a way to tell the story of the camp, to provide some context for the families’ stories in a beautiful, real, and unobtrusive way that is particularly moving and urgent.”
Jon Stewart, Executive Producer of After Spring
“‘After Spring’: Jon Stewart-Produced Syrian Refugee Docu To Debut On Starz”
Denise Petski, Deadline
“Puts a needed human face on the critical refugee crisis.”
Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“Jon Stewart - produced doc about Syrian refugee camp coming to Starz.”
Chancellor Agard, Entertainment Weekly
“It is a touching and unexpectedly positive message that makes After Spring a valuable contribution to the range of documentaries emerging from the on-going horrors of the conflict in Syria.”
Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
“After Spring is simultaneously a portrait of the dire situation the Syrian refugees are in and a tribute to their resilience.”
Simone Amelia, The Source
“★★★★★. The massive scale of the Syrian refugee problem makes it easy to abstract into percentages. After Spring neither answers questions about the crisis nor poses a solution. What it does is responsibly and knowledgeably bring film-goers to those directly affected by it, and to those trying to make a difference.”
Patricia Contino, The Upcoming
“Though Zaatari has been regularly visited by news organizations, "After Spring" offers a more observational document of life in the camp. "It allows you to stand back and let the stories speak for themselves. It's not judgmental. It's not propagandized. It's not polemic. It's just existential.”
Jake Coyle, AP
“After Spring is superbly crafted, astute in many ways, beautifully filmed and orchestrated, yet shining most in how it handles the complex, emotionally-charged matter of a nation shattered by war. Grounded in its humanity, whatever light it sheds on the facts of this crisis ultimately has one effect: there’s no difference between the Syrians and us. An avalanche broke open in what once was perceived as a remote region. This film alters that perception — that avalanche was our backyard, and what happened there is changing our world.”
Cece Ann Lee, Stage Buddy