We’ve been told that Aleppo is doing its part to change the narrative of how Syrians are depicted in the media. In telling a story about one doctor's experience in Aleppo and how she deals with issues of identity in her adoptive country, the intent has always been to shed light on the critical work of selfless doctors and victims of the war and tell a moving story that will innately evoke empathy for the millions displaced within and beyond Syria’s borders.
Story
Hanan, a successful young Syrian-American doctor, returns to Syria to help victims of war. When the hospital where she works is bombed, she suffers a traumatic brain injury that leaves her face blind. Unable to recognize the faces of even those closest to her, Hanan’s world has been turned upside down and her identity lost.
Now home in New York, Hanan has difficulty coming to terms with how her life has changed following the attack. Haunted by her trauma and struggling to adjust to her condition, Hanan must confront her fear of navigating the world, putting her identity, and her future as a doctor, in doubt.