Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2019-07-26) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 71 wins & 51 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $43,796 |
| Productions: | ITN Productions, Channel 4 Television |
| Production Countries: | Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | العربية, English |
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- 2220265: Waad al-Kateab - Director - Directing
- 2220266: Edward Watts - Director - Directing
- 2220265: Waad al-Kateab - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1069812: Nainita Desai - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 2257073: Chloe Lambourne - Editor - Editing
- 2257074: Simon McMahon - Editor - Editing
- 1424494: Raney Aronson-Rath - Executive Producer - Production
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'For Sama' is a tough watch, made even harder knowing that the neighbouring city of Idlib is currently under siege in the same way. It is also a beautifully edited and narrated piece that needs to reach as many people as possible, since we have no perception of what the Syrian war wa ....
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There’s an anachronistic normality running through this documentary as we follow the young Waad Al-Kateab as she finds happiness, love and bears a child all whilst her surroundings in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo are quite literally raining hell down upon her. Using her own pho ....
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