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Synopsis: Two Americans deliberately head to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 80,000 uprooted refugees in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp. As the first filmmakers allowed by the United Nations to register and set-up a tent inside a refugee camp, Zach and Chris plunge into the heart of the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis. From meeting Um Ali, a woman struggling to overcome personal loss and cultural barriers, to the street smart, 10-year-old Raouf, whose trauma hides just beneath his ever present smile, Zach and Chris uncover inspiring stories of individuals rallying, against all odds, to rebuild their lives and those of their neighbors.
 
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2015
75 min
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For us to stay overnight.

So...

Um, the one person

we can talk to

Is the local

district leader.

Just gotta pack

our stuff up

And go to his tent.

Is there any way

you can ask security

To let us stay

overnight in the camp?

Do you have any idea

why they would've

changed their minds?

after all of our planning,

Security changed

their mind,

And we couldn't

stay overnight in the camp.

Good-bye, district .

It was for our own safety.

We had to head

to the town of mafraq,

About seven miles

from za'atari.

It was disappointing,

but it actually showed us

A completely different

side of the refugee

crisis in jordan.

% of refugees

here live outside of camps,

In urban cities,

Relying on jordanian

generosity.

But in a country with high

unemployment and limited

resources,

How long can people

continue to welcome

in new refugees?

We had a hard time

finding anywhere to stay.

The city was so

crowded with syrians,

Rent prices had tripled

Since the war

began three years ago.

Luckily, ibraheem

found us a storage room

In the back

of an office building

Where we could

spend our nights

for the next month.

-Thank you.

-We're making

some tea for you.

it wasn't long

Before people

started coming into our tent

To ask us questions

Or just say hi.

Right away, we

were a new source of amusement

For raouf and his friends.

Oh! Yeah!

It really started to

feel like a routine.

Every day we'd

leave from mafraq late a

night...

And then be back

in the camp again

By a.M.

one of the first

people we became close with

Was this guy named

ismail, and it was--

It was wild, because ismail

looked just like my dad in

college.

And even acted like him.

They both love to cook.

What?

You're a master.

Beautiful.

Even had a very

similar sense of humor.

Before the war,

ismail was studying

At a university in

damascus to be a french teacher.

And as soon as the war started,

he had to flee the country,

Leaving everything

he knew behind.

He was one of the

first refugees in za'atari

When it opened

two years ago.

Why did you decide

to leave syria?

Was there a particular--

Like, when did you

choose to?

Was there a reason?

Something that happened?

every month,

tens of thousands

of people like ismail

Attempt the journey

out of syria.

% seek refuge

in egypt, lebanon,

Iraq, turkey and jordan.

With % of syria's

infrastructure destroyed

By the ongoing violence,

Families often spend

their entire savings on guides

Who will smuggle

them through the war zone

And eventually over the border

in the middle of the night.

We can proudly say that

when they come here,

That is when they can

actually breathe

And actually relax

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