# City of Ghosts (2017)

> Citizen journalists from Raqqa risk everything to document ISIS atrocities and preserve their community’s voice from exile.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/288576

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: War, Documentary
- Director: Matthew Heineman
- Cast: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Hamoud, Hassan, Hussam, Naji Jerf, Mohamad
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333056/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: harrowing, urgent, intimate, serious viewing, human rights film night

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