The White Helmets
Amid the Syrian Civil War, volunteer rescuers risk their lives to pull survivors from bombed buildings and offer hope to those left behind.
Overview
In the midst of a devastating civil war, a group of brave volunteers fights to save lives amidst the chaos.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- urgent
- compassionate
- human rights awareness
- documentary night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary's urgent, compassionate portrait of Syrian rescue volunteers and its emotionally direct filmmaking.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The White Helmets volunteers search bombed wreckage for survivors and aid anyone in areas outside regime control.
Rescue missions unfold among collapsed buildings and urban wreckage while further bombs continue to fall.
Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, and Raed Saleh appear as themselves within the rescue organization’s story.
The forty-minute documentary uses individual rescue workers to represent five years of war, mass displacement, and civilian loss.
Films like The White Helmets, and why
Last Men in Aleppo
short-form documentary filmmaking focused on civilian suffering and humanitarian response during armed conflict
Of Fathers and Sons
intimate documentary portrait of civilians and rescue workers enduring the Syrian Civil War
Fire at Sea
urgent observational documentary about frontline humanitarian workers operating amid war
Movie Details
- Director
- Orlando von Einsiedel
- Release Date
- 2016-09-16
- Runtime
- 40 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (220)
Cast
- Khalid Farah
- Mohammed Farah
- Abu Omar
- Raed Saleh
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The White Helmets about?
- Amid the Syrian Civil War, volunteer rescuers risk their lives to pull survivors from bombed buildings and offer hope to those left behind.
- What is The White Helmets like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The White Helmets as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The White Helmets violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The White Helmets as graphic.
- What did critics think of The White Helmets?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary's urgent, compassionate portrait of Syrian rescue volunteers and its emotionally direct filmmaking.
- Which films are like The White Helmets?
- Films with a similar feel include Last Men in Aleppo, Of Fathers and Sons, and Fire at Sea.
- How long is The White Helmets?
- The White Helmets runs 40 minutes.
- Where can I watch The White Helmets?
- In United States, The White Helmets streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
