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FOR SAMA

Directed by Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts
United Kingdom, United States, 2019
Documentary
  • 9696 minutes

Synopsis

Presented as a love letter to her daughter, this is the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life during five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. With a camera in her hand, she captures when she falls in love, gets married, and gives birth to Sama—all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.

Synopsis

Presented as a love letter to her daughter, this is the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life during five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. With a camera in her hand, she captures when she falls in love, gets married, and gives birth to Sama—all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.