Story Line
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.
“An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.”
Top Cast
Sama Al-Khateab
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Hamza Al-Khateab
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Waad al-Kateab
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Rating
8.3/ 10
Release Date
2019-07-26
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
DocumentaryWar
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User Reviews (2)
SWITCH.
10/10
•1/26/2020'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 pe...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/20/2025There’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 hel...