beckons. >> when these movements happened in the arab world, i thought, okay, this is something that is really important that is happening. i lived there and i know those people. >> usingng credentials as cover, manny sneaks into the country. >> i had to go through the border illegally. the biggest danger you're facing is to be discovered. >> in syria he begins reporting the human side of war, meeting and talking with ordinary citizens, including children. >> manny also gains the trust of fighters of the free syrian army. the fsa. an opposition force made up of defectors from assad's military. in february, 2012, manny goes to homs. site of the largest antigovernment movement. what he finds there is a story of a city being blown apart. >> homs was bad. they called it the capital of the revolution, because that's the place where suppression was the hardest. you had, like, every day, something like 15, 20 dead. so i every day, you have this constant movement of defiance from the population. >> one of the first events manny films is a mass funeral for 138 people killed the previous night by shelling. people mourn their losses and swear revenge. two days later, manny accomp