Basic Info

First Air: November 11, 2017

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Last Episode

Name: Part 2

Season: 1, Episode: 2

Air Date: 2017-11-12

Runtime: 89 min

The volunteers continue to push with the YPG to the ISIS-defended city of Manbij, Syria. The medical team is granted access to the front lines and they find themselves on dangerous ground, surrounded by ISIS. River hears bad news from home and plans his exit, but while crossing the border, finds himself in an Iraqi prison.

Videos

'The Volunteers' Trailer (YouTube)

The Volunteers

2017 1 seasons 2 episodes

Overview

Cameraman River Haag travels to war-torn Syria, documenting stories of the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII. After meeting a medical unit of passionate volunteers, River finds himself forced by conscience to use his own military medical training to join the YPG in the fight against ISIS, providing treatment to civilian casualties of war, as well as Kurdish, Arab, and even ISIS fighters.