Simple as Water

USA/2021-directed by Megan Mylan | 97 mins

Megan Mylan’s new documentary feature takes a humble idea: telling intimate and humanizing stories of Syrian families affected by their home country’s civil war.

Filmed over five years in five separate countries, Simple as Water is anything but simple when it comes to its technical achievements, weaving together familiar immigrant narratives in ways that still manage to surprise and stun. 

“The level of access that Mylan and her team receive is remarkable on a personal front as well as a political one.” —Claire Shaffer, The New York Times

The Southeast Michigan Refugee Collaborative (SEMIRC) in partnership with the Detroit Film Theatre will present a free screening of Simple as Water as part of the inaugural year of Michigan's first Refugee Film Festival. SEMIRC is the state's largest refugee response collective with a broad range of members including refugee resettlement agencies, government partners and other organizations working to foster vibrant communities in the region.