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. FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
A love letter from a young mothe. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Waad al-Kateab in a scene from"For Sama," her film about Aleppo under siege.
The Horror Is Real in the Syrian Doc For Sama. For Sama is also for the two stunned little boys who weep over their brother ("We told him to come inside!") and quiver nearby as their mother picks up the dead, wrapped child and carries him off. Read Common Sense Media's For Sama review, age rating, and parents guide. The parents' guide to what's in this movie. FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. There are many moments in For Sama when audiences will want to look away, not least because so many of the victims being dragged out of ravaged Waad asks in her quietly poetic narration.
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It's a question that lies at the very heart of For Sama, wherein we see Waad and Hamza returning to the. One of the most powerful anti-war docs ever made in an amateurish style. Directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.
A filmmaker documents the siege of Aleppo by the Syrian regime, dedicating every shot to her infant daughter Sama. For many of us, the raging conflict in Syria is something abstract, something happening thousands of miles away. For Sama purposefully left out the politics of it all for better and for worse, but it succeeds as a very intimate, personal portrayal of regular people's horri. It's a very good, incredibly difficult movie to watch. 'For Sama': Film Review