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For Sama

2019

Framed as a mother's video letter to her infant daughter, this searing documentary chronicles five years of the uprising and siege in Aleppo, as a young woman falls in love, marries, and gives birth amid relentless bombardment. A devastating, Oscar-nominated firsthand record.

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Part of 10 Essential Syrian Films

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