For Sama: Screening and Q&A
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FOR SAMA (2019) documents Waad Al-Kateab's life during the uprising in Aleppo.
Certificate 18; disturbing scenes, images of dead bodies
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.
The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.
The screening is followed by a Q&A session with Waad and her husband, Hamza.
FOR SAMA – PRODUCED BY CHANNEL 4 NEWS/ITN PRODUCTIONS FOR CHANNEL 4 AND FRONTLINE PBS.
The event has proved extremely popular and is now fully booked. However, you can watch the livestream of the Q&A session, in conversation with our JCR President, from 16:15.
Full details about accessing the livestream are available on Eventbrite.