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For Sama

Season 2019 Episode 19 | 1h 35m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

An intimate yet epic journey into one young mother’s experience of the Syrian conflict.

Aired 11/19/2019

FRONTLINE

For Sama

Season 2019 Episode 19 | 1h 35m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

An intimate yet epic journey into one young mother’s experience of the Syrian conflict.

In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. The award-winning documentary unfolds as a love letter from filmmaker and young mother Waad al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama.

Aired 11/19/2019

Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Ford Foundation. Additional funding...

FRONTLINE

For Sama

Season 2019 Episode 19 | 1h 35m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

In a time of conflict and darkness in her home in Aleppo, Syria, one young woman kept her camera rolling — while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. The award-winning documentary unfolds as a love letter from filmmaker and young mother Waad al-Kateab to her daughter — Sama.

Aired 11/19/2019

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