Clouds Over Sidra is a 2015 virtual reality film about the Syrian refugee crisis. The movie was created by Gabo Arora and Chris Milk in partnership with the United Nations and Samsung. The film features a twelve year old in the Za'atari camp in Jordan, home to 84,000 Syrian refugees.[1] It follows her throughout the day from her family's tent, to school, to a bakery, to a computer lab and the camp football pitch.[2] It is the first film shot in virtual reality for the United Nations.[3]

The film was directed by Gabo Arora and Barry Pousman and co-Produced by Samantha Storr, Socrates Kakoulides, Christopher Fabian and Katherine Keating.[4]

It was first shown at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Butcher, Mike. "UN Launches Powerful, First Ever, VR Film following Syrian Refugee Girl". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. ↑ Wakefield, Jane (2015-03-31). "Virtual reality looks for a role in journalism". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Virtual Reality and Vulnerable Communities". 2015-03-30. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. ↑ Arora, Gabo; Pousman, Barry (2015-01-22), Clouds Over Sidra, retrieved 2016-09-17
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