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For Sama (2019)
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Waad al-Kateab's footage makes a hospital, a marriage and the care of a child part of life under siege in Aleppo. Co-directed with Edward Watts, this is documentary witness rather than enacted battle drama. Its intimacy gives political catastrophe a daily rhythm, with real injuries and deaths that make the viewing intensely difficult.
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About For Sama
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.