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Al-Kateab, Waad.
Women -- Syria -- Aleppo.
Mother and child -- Syria -- Aleppo.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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Al-Kateab, Waad.
Women -- Syria -- Aleppo.
Mother and child -- Syria -- Aleppo.
Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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For Sama [videorecording (DVD)].
PBS Distribution, 2019.
Call #:
DVD 956.913 F692 Doc
Subjects
Al-Kateab, Waad.
Women
--
Syria
--
Aleppo
.
Mother and child
--
Syria
--
Aleppo
.
Syria
--
History
--
Civil War, 2011-
Series
PBS DVD video.
ISBN:
9781531711214
1531711219
Alternate title:
Frontline. For Sama [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)].
Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of the TV series Frontline on November 19, 2019.
Home use only.
In Arabic and English with optional English (SDH) subtitles.
English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Production:
Director, Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts ; producer, writer, Waad Al-Kateab.
Summary:
"Unfolding as a love letter from filmmaker and young mother Waad al-Kateab to her daughter, For Sama tells the story of Waad's life through five years of the uprising in rebel-held
Aleppo
,
Syria
. Waad falls in love, gets married and gives birth to her daughter Sama
--
all while filming the cataclysmic conflict raging around them. The documentary chronicles Sama's first year of life: the last year of the battle for the city, and a time of almost unimaginable darkness. Hospitals are bombed,
Aleppo
is besieged by the Assad regime, and the remaining civilians witness attacks by chlorine gas, cluster and barrel bombs, and massacres of
women
and children. Amid the horror, baby Sama gives Waad the strength to endure: fighting for her dream of a free
Syria
; filming, directing and producing For Sama; and offering a lens into the country's war through her eyes. For Sama captures haunting stories of loss and survival, juxtaposed with moments of laughter and joy between a mother and daughter. All the while, Waad wrestles with an impossible choice
--
whether or not to flee
Aleppo
to protect her daughter's life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much."--Container.
Awards:
Special Jury Prize: Int'l Feature Documentary, hotDOCS, 2019.
Grand Jury Award and Audience Award: SXSW Film Festival, 2019.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Al-Kateab, Waad.
Watts, Edward.
Holds:
1
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Nonfeature DVDs
DVD 956.913 F692 Doc
Adult Dvds-7 Days-Restricted
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