Article H87Y Could virtual reality revolutionise crisis-response filmmaking ?

Could virtual reality revolutionise crisis-response filmmaking ?

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Stuart Dredge
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Welcome to Aleppo pushes back at the apathetic response to the impact of the civil war in Syria, but its maker wants action not just empathy

"There's a deafening apathy to all of the stories about refugees in a situation like Aleppo in Syria. To be honest, people don't care any more, and we've had a few years of beating our heads against the wall trying to make people care."

As a freelance photographer and videographer, Christian Stephen has been trying to tell stories from war zones for the last half a decade while fretting about this challenge. His latest film, Welcome To Aleppo, uses technology to try to solve it.

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