A fun fact perhaps not known by many industry folk is that Netflix’s first Oscar win didn’t come from one of its big, noisy and high-profile projects backed by a vast marketing campaign. Instead, the streamer’s very first Oscar statuette came from “The White Helmets,” about the inspiring work of volunteer rescue workers in Syria during the Civil War.
The 2016 short was produced by Joanna Natasegara, one of a number of powerful projects from the filmmaker exploring global conflict and socio-politics. A decade on, however, and the Brit has a very different tale to tell on screen, this time in her first doc feature as director.
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