100 minutes
For Sama (2019)
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.
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.
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Sama Al-Khateab
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Hamza Al-Khateab
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Waad al-Kateab
More about For Sama
Languages
Arabic, English
Release date
26 July 2019
Directors
Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Genres
Documentary, War & Politics
TMDB Rating
8.2
Runtime
100 mins
For Sama is a Documentary film directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts and starring Sama Al-Khateab and Hamza Al-Khateab. It has a runtime of 100 minutes and a high TMDB audience rating of 8.2 from 262 votes.
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