In 1992, with the newly independent Bosnia wracked by war, and its capital Sarajevo besieged and burning, a band of brave citizens risked death to protect 10,067 handwritten Islamic manuscripts. Braving snipers, artillery shells and rockets to transport the books to safety from their home in the 500-year-old Gazi Husrav-Beg Library, these individuals put themselves in mortal danger to save an irreplaceable historical legacy.

Sam Hobkinson’s documentary tells a gripping real-life story of bravery and determination – an unconventional tale of a very different breed of war hero.

Bosnian with English subtitles

59min, 2011, Unclassified 15+