this was a brave, impactful, relevant film with an incredibly important story to tell. to produce such a complex investigation with a local team undercover is an extraordinary feat. finding people who can operate in this environment, running such risks, takes years. winner of the sony impact award, joshua baker s film tells the extraordinary story of one family s journey from a small town in america to the height of isis in syria. are you happy for me to start? filmed overfour years, baker filmed over four years, baker investigated filmed overfour years, baker investigated the story of sam sally. after arriving, her husband became an isis sniper and her son matthew was forced to take part in an infamous propaganda video. we
enigma. caliphate, so she is a real enigma- enigma. shortly after the prepaganda enigma. shortly after the propaganda video - enigma. shortly after the propaganda video was i enigma. shortly after the - propaganda video was filmed, her husband was killed in a suspected drone strike and sam paid people smugglers to get herself and her children out of isis territory. now safely back in the us and living with his father, matthew opened up to baker about the propaganda video. did you want to do it? no, ijust wanted to go on with my life. just wanted to get back home, do my thing. it sounds like you worked out that you had to do this to keep going. you had to do this to keep anoin. , you had to do this to keep going.- matthew - you had to do this to keep going.- matthew is i you had to do this to keep going. yes. matthew is an extremely going. yes. matthew is an extremely smart - going. yes. matthew is an extremely smart kid. - going. yes. matthew is an extremely smart kid. he l going.
and that she had no knowledge of her husband s interest in extreme ideology. sam is a complex person. she can be both the manipulator and the manipulated, and you often never really know where you stand with sam. and as a journalist, she s a real challenge to tell the story of, because she is an unreliable narrator. she is also not the sort of stereotypical person you expect to end up with isis. this is somebody from middle america who has no history of extremist views, yet she ends up at the heart of the isis caliphate, so she s a real enigma. shortly after the propaganda video was filmed, moussa was killed in a suspected drone strike, and sam paid people smugglers to get herself and her children out of isis territory. now safely back in the us and living with his father, matthew opened up to baker about the propaganda video. did you want to do it? no, ijust wanted to
winner of the sony impact award, joshua baker s film tells the extraordinary story of one family s journey from a small town in america to the height of isis in syria. are you happy for me to start? filmed over four years, baker investigated the story of sam sally. after arriving in syria, sam s husband became an isis sniper, and her young son matthew was forced to take part in an infamous propaganda video. by the will of allah, we will have victory. so get ready for the fighting hasjust begun. it was moussa and his brother that were forcing the kids to do this. crazy intense video of this american kid with his yazidi friends. this would be a great propaganda. sam claimed that moussa had tricked her into going to syria