Sound of Torture

Sound of Torture

Since Europe sealed its borders, thousands of Eritreans fleeing a brutal dictatorship have been kidnapped and tortured for ransom in the Sinai desert. In Tel Aviv, radio host Meron Estefanos answers their desperate live phone calls on air, becoming a lifeline, and a witness, to an atrocity the world has chosen not to see.

Why This Film Matters: It makes audible a hidden horror at Europe's edge, following one woman's refusal to look away, a harrowing account of migration, trafficking and the courage of bearing witness.

Sound of Torture
  • Sound Of Torture

    Since Europe sealed its borders, thousands of Eritreans fleeing a brutal dictatorship have been kidnapped and tortured for ransom in the Sinai desert. In Tel Aviv, radio host Meron Estefanos answers their desperate live phone calls on air, becoming a lifeline, and a witness, to an atrocity the wo...