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The 12-minute film, Captives on the Frontlines: Yezidi former child soldiers who survived ISIS, explores the friendship between Vian and Barzan, two young men who were abducted as boys by Islamic State in 2014, indoctrinated into the armed group, and forced to fight. Both escaped and are now living in northern Iraq, where the documentary was filmed last year in partnership with Fat Rat Films. This follows on from the July 2020 Amnesty report Legacy of Terror: The Plight of Yezidi Child Survivors of ISIS. The film benefits from a unique level of access as well as Vian and Barzan’s bravery – because former child soldiers are commonly stigmatized, it is rare for them to share their stories so openly.