Clooney is said to be using as his source Netflix’s documentary short The White Helmets, which was released in September and is on this year’s Oscar shortlist.
The White Helmets, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and produced by Joanna Natasegara, is on the documentary shorts Oscar shortlist.
George Clooney is to make a fictional film about the White Helmets – the Syria Civil Defence whose approximate 3,000 volunteers act as first responders in the war-torn country.
“In the White Helmets, we have a motto: to save one life is to save humanity,” says one volunteer in the documentary.