France 24: 'Of Fathers and Sons,' a bleak look at children training for jihad
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A group of children giggle as they play in a dusty, barren landscape near their home in northern Syria, but this is no ordinary game of catch, for their ball is a live bomb.
The macabre game of chicken is one of the most blood-chilling scenes in "Of Fathers and Sons," filmmaker Talal Derki's disturbing new expose on the grip of Islamism in his native Syria.
"This is the scene that broke my heart," Derki told AFP in an interview in Los Angeles this week, recalling the blood-chilling episode.
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WNU Editor: To say that these kids are lost is an understatement. Unfortunately .... many will embrace the hate that their fathers have taught them, and they will continue to pass it on to their children in the future.
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