A love story celebrating the bonds of family by Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan. Portraits of Syrian families filmed across five countries reveal the impact of war, separation and displacement.
98 minutes // In Arabic and English with English subtitles
PRESS
“Anything but simple, manages to surprise and stun …
Filmed with ambitious scope and devastating intimacy.”
"Superb... a level of deep, intimate access and rapport that few filmmakers can hope to achieve... Unfolds more like a riveting neorealist drama."
—IndieWire
"The words we have for the horror of fleeing home in the face of violence and war are insufficient: refugee, migrant, asylum seeker. The vast experience of a million impossible decisions are folded into clinical terminology that describe the process, but fail to capture the humanity of those living through it.
Enter SIMPLE AS WATER."
—Vanity Fair
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NPR — Here & Now
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A PRINCIPE PRODUCTIONS FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH
JUSTFILMS/FORD FOUNDATION AND INMAAT PRODUCTIONS
FEATURING YASMIN AL KADAD, SAMRA ABO GHANOOJ, OMAR SABHA, DIAA AL BAHRY, SAFWAN AL KADAD PRODUCERS ROBIN HESSMAN AND MEGAN MYLAN, CO-PRODUCERS HAZEM OBID, ALAA HASSAN, YARA HASSAN, EDITORS PURCELL CARSON AND MEGAN MYLAN, MUSIC BY HANAN TOWNSHEND, CINEMATOGRAPHERS LARS SKREE, MICHAEL CHIN, RAFIA SALAMEH,
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS G. BARRIE LANDRY AND SUSAN BAY NIMOY
DIRECTOR MEGAN MYLAN
SIMPLE AS WATER is screening to support a culture of welcome for refugees and immigrants.
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Past screenings include: MoMA, Film at Lincoln Center, BAM, BAM/PFA, IFC Film Center, Laemmle, National Gallery of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Dallas Film Violet Crown, Houston Film Society at The DeLUXE, Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Austin Film Society, Tampa Bay Film Society, Jacob Burns Film Center, AFI Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival.
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