The screening of Tadmor in Syria last week was nothing short of amazing, and I only wish Lokman Slim had been among us to witness this historic event. The fact that the first screening of this documentary took place in Damascus is especially significant, given the city’s historical ties to the Syrian regime and the prison’s notoriety, particularly after the 1980 massacre following an assassination attempt on Hafez al-Assad, where hundreds of inmates were killed.

Tadmor, a documentary by Monika Borgmann and Lokman Slim, was released in 2016 and tells the story of Lebanese prisoners in the notorious Tadmor Prison in Syria. The prison, also known as the “kingdom of death and madness,” is sadly renowned for being the toughest prison to have ever existed under Assad’s regime. Eight Lebanese prisoners who survived Tadmor “agreed to speak about and, above all, depict the horrors they endured and bore witness to. They acted out, on a ‘theatrical’ set they built, the torture and humiliation that, for so many years, comprised their everyday lives”.

The outcome was an extraordinary and brave testimonial, resulting in an award-winning documentary.

Here’s the full documentary:

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