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For Sama / Channel 4 News & ITN Productions present ; directed by Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts ; filmed and produced by Waad Al-Kateab.

فر سم / درتر، واد الكتب، صدورد وتس ؛ پردر، ورتر، واد الكتب.

الكتب، واد، سرينورتر، فلم پردر، فلم درتر. Al-Kateab, Waad, (screenwriter,, film producer,, film director.). Watts, Edward, (film director.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.). Channel Four News, (production company.). ITN Productions (Firm), (production company.).

Summary:

The Frontline film is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. 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 the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama; all while Waad films the cataclysmic conflict raging around them.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531711214
  • ISBN: 1531711219
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast as an individual episode of the television program Frontline in 2019.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editors, Chloe Lambourne, Simon McMahon.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated TV-MA.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen; stereo.
Language Note:
Arabic and English dialogue with optional English subtitles (SDH).
Subject: Al-Kateab, Waad.
الكتب، واد.
Women > Syria > Aleppo.
Mother and child > Syria > Aleppo.
Photojournalism > Syria > Aleppo.
Photojournalism.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011- > Personal narratives.
Genre: War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
War films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Homer Public Library DVD 956.91 FOR (Text) 000154206 Video Available -

Summary: The Frontline film is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. 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 the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama; all while Waad films the cataclysmic conflict raging around them.

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