Return to Homs - Trailer
War changes people, including 19-year-old Basset Saroot, who went from star goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team to peaceful advocate for Arab Spring reforms to armed insurgent. Return to Homs, which focuses on Basset and his ragtag group's transformation and struggles, is a heart-stopping study of the brutal war President Bashar al-Assad's regime has waged against the Syrian people.
Previews + Extras
Return to Homs: Street Protests (Part 2)
S28 E5 - 1m 47s
This clip from Return to Homs introduces Abdul Basset Saroot and shows daytime footage of a peaceful protest.
Return to Homs: The Crossing
S28 E5 - 2m 48s
The Syrian military blocks a major thoroughfare and citizens dismantle it. The clip begins with a long shot of Homs. It ends with a shot of snipers on the top of a building.
Return to Homs: Battle Scenes (Part 2)
S28 E5 - 1m 25s
The clip begins with a helicopter flying over Homs, and ends with the narrator saying, “The revolution’s armed power started to grow, relying on what rebels plunder from the army and on individual donations from abroad.”
Return to Homs: Filmmaker Interview
S28 E5 - 18m 43s
Return to Homs: Street Protests (Part 1)
S28 E5 - 58s
This clip from Return to Homs begins with street protestors at night and ends after the narrator reports, “We lost him on that very night.”
Return to Homs: Khalidiya Massacre
S28 E5 - 5m 13s
Funerals are held for civilians killed by the Bashar al-Assad regime's security.
Return to Homs: Battle Scenes (Part 1)
S28 E5 - 3m 2s
Basset explains a fighting strategy and Ossama is injured.
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