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You can watch Rebel (2022) for free on Kanopy.

Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother Nassim quickly becomes easy prey for radical recruiters, who promise to reunite him with his brother. Their mother, Leila, fights to protect the only thing she has left: her youngest son.

The dust and chaos of Raqqa swallow a man attempting to flee his past, only to trap him in a cycle of militia violence. This brutal journey mirrors a fractured life back in Belgium where radicalization threatens to pull a younger brother into the same abyss.

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