For Sama

Name: For Sama
Duration: 1 h 34 min

1hr 34m

1hr 34m
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FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of… More Details »

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Director:

Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts

Producer:

Waad Al-Kateab, Raney Aronson, Ben de Pear

Release Date:

Jul 26, 2019

Runtime:

1hr 34m

Synopsis

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice - whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter's life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

Cast

Waad Al-Kateab
Hamza Al-Khateab
Sama Al-Khateab

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Based on 19 Critics

7.7

USER SCORE (30)

Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Reviews

Sep 11, 2019

For Sama powerfully mixes the personal and the political to thought-provoking, emotional ends. The result is one of the best documentaries of 2019.

Ian Freer

Empire

Jul 25, 2019

The activists of this film, including al-Kateab herself, don’t speak in the language of philosophers or politicians. Their quotidian aspirations — to build a garden, to send their children safely to school — demonstrate the brutality of the government’s response, but they also invite viewers to picture themselves in the shoes of these modest political dissidents.

Teo Bugbee

The New York Times

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