Alla mia piccola Sama
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Til Sama
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Para Sama
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Für Sama
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Pour Sama
director:
Edward Watts
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Waad al-Kateab
actor:
Sama Al-Khateab
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Hamza Al-Khateab
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Waad al-Kateab
genre:
Documentary
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War
region:
United Kingdom
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Syria
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United States
language:
English
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Arabic
length: 1h 40m
release date:
2019-03-11
(South by Southwest Film Festival, United States)
IMDb: tt9617456
overview
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.