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Captives on the Front lines: Yezidi former child soldiers who survived ISIS

Gemma Atkinson · UK · Documentary / War · 12 min · ♥︎ 266

Two Yezidi young men who were forced to serve as child soldiers under ISIS reunite in Northern Iraq to speak about what they endured and what future remains for them.

A rare, deeply moving testimony of brotherhood forged in captivity, told by the survivors themselves.

Shot in Northern Iraq, this film explores the unbreakable brotherhood that developed between two Yezidi boys while they were kept as child soldiers under ISIS. Now as incredibly brave young men, they come together to dis

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