Blackness

At a glance

Blackness, is a 2014 Saudi movie, directed by Mohammad Bakri, and starring Fatima Bakri, Mohammad Bakri. with a runtime of 8 minutes.

Overview

Blackness is a drama film set during the Syrian conflict, centered on one man's desperate effort to save his six children from starvation. Amid the devastation of war, with resources exhausted and supply lines severed, the protagonist faces an impossible struggle — not on a battlefield, but within the walls of his own home, fighting hunger and hopelessness each day. The film draws its emotional power from intimate, quieter storytelling, letting the weight of a father's love and desperation speak louder than spectacle. Rooted in the real suffering of those trapped by the Syrian war, Blackness is a deeply human portrait of survival, paternal devotion, and the harrowing cost of conflict on civilian life.

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