next screening: Virtual
festival: October 1 -12, 2020
Co-Presented with WGBH
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. Winner of numerous festival awards including Best Documentary at Cannes and SXSW. A PBS Films Release. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Website: forsamafilm.com
Moderator: Maria Cramer, Boston Globe reporter
Guest: Raney Aronson, FRONTLINE executive producer
Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts
Waad al-Kateab
2019
94 minutes