"For Sama" Westdoc Online # 35

FOR SAMA is one of the best feature documentaries of the year. It is an intimate video that takes the form of a letter from Waad al-Kateab, a 26-year old Syrian mother, to her new born daughter Sama recorded in the last days of the battle for Aleppo, Syria. 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 t