Forbidden View

Forbidden View is the story of an improbable bond between a photojournalist suffering from PTSD, following an acid attack in war-torn Syria, and a very independent woman who has an aggressive form of breast cancer. Beginning with voyeurism, their unusual encounter leads them to interdependence based on their fears, binding them through cancer treatments in Montreal and the protagonist’s return to Syria to face his demons. While working with an NGO, Journalists for Human Rights, to capture images of life in a refugee camp, our protagonist becomes sexually involved with the agency's leader, and ends up being kidnapped with her by an ISIS cell, where they are held for ransom. This timely story sheds light on Donald Trump’s decision to allow Turkey free rein over the fate of the Kurds in northeastern Syria, while bringing life to some of the personal tragedies of this civil war.