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DESCRIPTION:The Oscar-nominated documentary The Cave, which looks at civilians besieged 
 by the Syrian War, will be shown Saturday, March 14, at 1:30 p.m., as part 
 of the Second Saturday Documentary Series at Niles Discovery Church, 36600 
 Niles Boulevard, Fremont. The screening is free and open to the public. 
 Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by Ms. Kadah, a 
 Syrian-American who received degrees at San Jose State University.\n\nThe 
 documentary delivers an unflinching look into the subterranean hospital 
 known as the Cave, where for so many hope and safety lie. Pediatrician and 
 managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. 
 Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male 
 counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the 
 oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above.\n\n“In the Cave, the 
 hospital covered in this story, we witness how these female doctors and 
 nurses are fighting to reclaim their rights in these subterranean 
 places,” says Feras Fayyad, the film’s director. “They stand up for 
 themselves, which is something they couldn’t do aboveground in the 
 patriarchal culture surrounding them. These women are an inspiration to me, 
 and I believe with this film they will inspire the world as well – 
 contributing to breaking the outside world’s silence. If the silence 
 towards brutality isn’t broken and if no measures are taken against war 
 crimes, then there is a problem in the human’s universal claim to possess 
 the rights of freedom, law and justice.”\n\nFollowing the women as they 
 contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages and the 
 ever-present threat of chemical attacks, The Cave paints a stirring 
 portrait of courage, resilience, and female solidarity.\nAlthough the 
 subterranean hospital is now gone, The Cave documentary exists as a record 
 of the extraordinary haven that a brave group of doctors – women and men 
 – built beneath the earth’s surface. “In mythology and literature, 
 the underground is where people suffer and kill,” Fayyad reflected. 
 “But Dr. Amani and her fellow doctors turned the underground into a place 
 of surviving, where these incredible women did something every day to 
 change their society.”\n\nThe Second Saturday Documentary Series is 
 co-sponsored by Niles Discovery Church and the San Jose Peace and Justice 
 Center. Learn more about the series at http://bit.ly/nilesssds. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831018.php
SUMMARY:Film Explores Courage in Time of War – Hope Shines in the Darkest Places
LOCATION:Niles Discovery Church\n36600 Niles Blvd\nFremont, Ca 94536
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831018.php
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