The 2020 Academy Award® Nominee for "Best Documentary Feature" shook the world when released. Critics have called this "ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUNDLY INTIMATE DEPICTIONS OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT EVER PUT TO FILM!" (Independent); 'MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED" (Little White Lies). 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.
Documentary
2019
1 hr 35 min
98%
15+
Unrated
Starring
Waad al-Kateab, Hamza al-Kateab, Sama al-Kateab
