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Heval

While researching Michael's story, we end up diving into this whole netherworld that I...

Heval • 2021
While researching Michael's story, we end up diving into this whole netherworld that I didn't really comprehend or really know existed, which is this large number of western volunteers who decide to go fight in Syria

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While researching Michael's story,
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we end up diving into this whole netherworld
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that I didn't really comprehend or really know existed,
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which is this large number of western volunteers
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who decide to go fight in Syria.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:19
Uploaded
May 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
CuriosityStream,Mafficking Pictures,LINK Entertainment,Jupiter Entertainment,Sky Studios

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Movie Summary

Explore interviews with Michael, his supporters and his detractors with the actor's own helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters.
And I wanted to volunteer, put my life on the line - Heval 00:12
And I wanted to volunteer, put my life on the line
This bad guy had surfaced, - Heval 00:06
This bad guy had surfaced,
The Americans and Europeans were supporting - Heval 00:06
The Americans and Europeans were supporting
But as for boots on the ground, - Heval 00:06
But as for boots on the ground,
And that's when I was able to start making moves - Heval 00:05
And that's when I was able to start making moves
So I called a friend of mine who was British special forces - Heval 00:08
So I called a friend of mine who was British special forces
When Michael first came up with a question - Heval 00:10
When Michael first came up with a question
You know, we were evacuating people from that region, - Heval 00:06
You know, we were evacuating people from that region,
You know, this guy'd been a Hollywood the week before - Heval 00:07
You know, this guy'd been a Hollywood the week before
But he was just adamant he was gonna do it. - Heval 00:04
But he was just adamant he was gonna do it.
He's determined, he's not going to listen to anybody. - Heval 00:04
He's determined, he's not going to listen to...
He's not going to listen to pleading. - Heval 00:04
He's not going to listen to pleading.
Michael is this fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of person. - Heval 00:05
Michael is this fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of person.
This is just somebody who acts on instinct, - Heval 00:10
This is just somebody who acts on instinct,
How I helped Michael to join the YPG initially - Heval 00:08
How I helped Michael to join the YPG initially
I knew of groups that were becoming tools on the ground, - Heval 00:08
I knew of groups that were becoming tools on the ground,
This is one of the first wars I'd imagine - Heval 00:10
This is one of the first wars I'd imagine
I discovered a page for The Lions of Rojava - Heval 00:07
I discovered a page for The Lions of Rojava
He had been injured in Syria just a few weeks before. - Heval 00:04
He had been injured in Syria just a few weeks before.
He called for other international volunteers to come out. - Heval 00:04
He called for other international volunteers to come out.