For Sama

"For Sama" is a 2019 documentary film produced and narrated by Waad Al-Kateab, directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. The film focuses on Waad Al-Kateab's journey as a journalist and rebel in the Syrian uprising, showing her life through five years in Aleppo, Syria before and during the Battle of Aleppo. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter, and survival as she falls in love, gives birth to daughter Sama, and navigates motherhood amidst cataclysmic conflict.