For Sama
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… From TMDB
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30 of 30 · most liked firstThe brilliant journalist, filmmaker and refugee Waad al-Khateeb on Sky News now expressing her hope that Syrians will now forge their own future. Watch her Oscar-nominated film For Sama about her long escape from Aleppo under Syrian bombardment. www.channel4.com/programmes/f...
unlabelledView post →Essential doc alert: For Sama, my friend Waad al Kateab’s beautiful film about her family’s journey - and Syria’s - is streaming on Prime Video.
unlabelledView post →it's not point of the film, but For Sama is i think the most powerful documentary i've ever seen and really highlights how how people will come to choose to have kids in the face of seemingly hopelessness
unlabelledView post →For Sama Film: Join @imsforfreemedia.bsky.social, Action For Sama, Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression and us for a screening+discussion marking the filing of a criminal complaint in Denmark by survivors. 📅 Wed 13 May | 16:30-19:00 📍Empire Bio #Copenhagen Register: tinyurl.com/y2byh2dp
unlabelledView post →FOR SAMA (2019) PBS Frontline 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. Emmy winner, Oscar nominated Tomatometer 98% Stream on Prime Video Or watch full doc on Youtube
unlabelledView post →Seeing the news this morning my mind went to this documentary 'For Sama'. It was a film that really stuck with me. #syria
unlabelledView post →Well said as ever. Last week I saw the brilliant @ejfoundation.bsky.social film "Radio Dadaab" which humanises the refugee condition in the same way "For Sama" has done. We cannot get enough of this kind of story telling to raise awareness for all migrants. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m3l...
unlabelledView post →Day 1 of #Disinfo2024 is coming to a close 🎉 But the fun isn’t over yet — we’ve got a film screening 'For Sama', and for the brave, a walking tour! ☔️🤷♀️
unlabelledView post →its called For Sama and its free on YouTube, but as a heads up i remember the film having graphic war footage
unlabelledView post →Today on Reel Feels we're crying at the movies with actor and writer Dylan Tighe Last Cinema Cry? FOR SAMA (2019) @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social "It stands as the most intimate indictment of war I have seen on film” Read Dylan’s full piece 👉 reelfeels.substack.com/p/crying-at-...
unlabelledView post →We start with a trailer for Waad al-Kateab's stunning and powerful (and Oscar nominated) film, "For Sama". Waad is here in conversation with Tatyana Eatwell. #DoughtyStWomen #IWD2025
unlabelledView post →'For Sama' arrives streams for free on SBS On Demand from today. This film is a tough watch, but a beautifully edited and narrated piece that needs to reach as many people as possible. More in our #review…
unlabelledView post →What’s on the program? • Screening of the documentary For Sama: The film contains graphic war footage and the consequences of repression. It will be shown in Russian with English subtitles.
unlabelledView post →Cried rewatching For Sama this afternoon I implore you to watch this incredible film to begin to get a sense of how remarkable the fall of the Assad regime is for the people of Syria Thinking of Waad and Hamza’s family always!
unlabelledView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on July 26! What's your fave? 1. For Sama (2019) 2. Honeyland (2019) 3. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) 59 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
unlabelledView post →There’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 hell down upon her. Using her own photography, we are taken into the thick of things and exposed to the conflict this woman faces as she must juggle her own determination to be free of the oppression she has known for all of her adult life with an…
positive · AI labelView post →Waad Al-Kateab's documentary film, "For Sama," is a memoir, a romance, a coming of age story, a war documentary and a story of children born to inherit chaos. It puts humanity on all the faces of nameless refugees. Highly recommend. www.womenforwomen.org/about/our-te...
unlabelledView post →I can not stop thinking about the movie For Sama that documents the horrors that Assad leveled against the people of Syria. Such a powerful movie; I am going to go back and watch it now that he has been ousted. So thankful!
unlabelledView post →Just heard that "For Sama" is still available on Channel 4 apps and everyone should view it if you haven't already. #syria #aleppo #film www.channel4.com/programmes/f...
unlabelledView post →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6VJetO2ljc 'Remarkable Moment': After Fleeing #Syria, '#ForSama' #director #WaadAlKateeb Celebrates End of #ASSad
unlabelledView post →"The Cave" (currently streaming on Hulu) looks at an underground field hospital and follows a doctor as she struggles to save lives. At the time I like "For Sama" better but this one has stayed with me longer. letterboxd.com/film/the-cav...
unlabelledView post →"For Sama" (Currently streaming on Kanopy) is framed as a letter to the director's daughter about what life has been like living through a brutal civil war. Has some pretty graphic imagery, so not for the faint of heart, but a powerful document. boxd.it/l9wQ
unlabelledView post →Na het zien van de film ‘For Sama’ snap ik ook nog wel dat de rebellen erger zijn. K zal het niet goed praten, maar snap het wel.
unlabelledView post →Kijk de film - docu ‘For Sama’ En je weet genoeg ! (Ik hield het iig niet droog)
unlabelledView post →I would recommend to everyone the award winning documentary film “For Sama.”
unlabelledView post →Waad al-Kateab shares her family's experiences holding out in Aleppo in the harrowing documentary 'For Sama,' which made its debut at the SXSW Film Festival five years ago on this date. Here's our review of the Oscar-nominated film: bit.ly/2YePngF
unlabelledView post →lushiluna.com/e-for-sama/ [Summary] What “For Sama” Teaches Us about Justice and Sacrifice (director Waad Al-Kateab)
unlabelledView post →RT @[email protected] For Sama is not just a film for me. It is my life. I survived for a reason, and through my filmmaking, I was able to give a platform to Syrian civilians being killed silently. @[email protected] must take full responsibility. #stopbombinghospitals @[email protected] #forsama 🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/waadalkateab/status/1222952137765933058
unlabelledView post →'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 perception of what the Syrian war was like via traditional news media. This is an important, must-watch film. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-for-sama-an-emotionally-devastating-must-watch
positive · AI labelView post →RT @[email protected] Yesterday at the #BFI2019, #ForSama won the best British independent film, the best documentary, the best director and the best editing awards. This 1st film about life in war-torn Syria by Waad Al-kateab and Edward Watts was screened in a special screening at #Cannes2019. BRAVO! 🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Festival_Cannes/status/1201468586210017280
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