For Sama Movie Review

Set in the city of Aleppo in Syria, the film frames the civil war there in very personal terms. It’s an unflinching and extremely graphic view of a modern day conflict using the freedoms provided by mobile phone and video camera technology to disseminate information even with government restrictions firmly in place. It was also filmed at great personal risk.   //   Filmed over a four year period, it follows the life of Waad Al-Kateab as she transitions from a young ...