Living Underground in Syria - a podcast by WNYC Studios

The documentary “The Cave,” from the Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in Aleppo”), looks at an underground hospital outside Damascus. At the center is the young female pediatrician Dr. Amani, who has to fend off male chauvinism even while she’s saving lives.

— Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers

 

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