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Sabaya (2021)

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Sabaya (2021)

Overview

With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Islam: Negative

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Paramount+ logoParamount+
Prime Video logoPrime Video
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central subject, the rescue and rehabilitation of Yazidi women from ISIS sex slavery, inherently aligns with progressive values of human rights, social justice, and the protection of vulnerable populations, making it a left-leaning narrative.

This documentary inherently features diversity through its focus on a specific ethnic and religious minority and the real-life individuals involved in a humanitarian crisis. The narrative centers on the experiences of these individuals without explicitly critiquing traditional Western identities.

Secondary

The film portrays the extremist interpretation of Islam practiced by ISIS as fundamentally oppressive, cruel, and hateful, directly linking their religiously motivated actions to the suffering of the Yazidi women. The narrative unequivocally condemns these actions without offering a counterbalancing positive portrayal of Islam.

Sabaya, 2021, is a documentary centered on the humanitarian effort to rescue Yazidi women from ISIS. The film's narrative and focus do not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no depiction of queer identity within its scope.

Based on the provided movie details and lack of additional information, there is no indication of transsexual characters or themes present in "Sabaya, 2021." Therefore, an assessment of its portrayal cannot be made due to the absence of relevant content.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

No source material, prior installments, or historical context is provided to establish canonical genders for characters in 'Sabaya, 2021'. Without this baseline, it's impossible to determine if any character's on-screen gender differs from a previously established one.

Sabaya is a documentary featuring real Yazidi individuals. There is no indication that any real-life subject is portrayed by an actor of a different race, nor is it an adaptation of a fictional work with established character races.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.1
The Movie Database logo
6.8

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
10.0
Metacritic logo
8.6

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