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Documentaries like For Sama

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The 3 reasons people love For Sama

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  1. You want a war told from inside by the woman living it.

  2. You like a love letter from a mother to her child.

  3. You want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo.

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  • Five Broken Cameras2011

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • a love letter from a mother to her child

    Good for you if you want to see Bil'in through the eyes of a man who lives there.

  • 20 Days in Mariupol2023

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo

    Good for you if you want to see what the first weeks of the invasion looked like on the ground.

  • Incendies2010

    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo

    Good for you if you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.

  • The White Helmets2016

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it

    Good for you if you want to see ordinary men who chose to run toward the bombs.

  • Four Daughters2023

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • a love letter from a mother to her child

    Good for you if you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.

  • One Child Nation2019

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • a love letter from a mother to her child

    Good for you if you want to hear the people who lived the policy, in their own words.

  • City of Ghosts2017

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo

    Good for you if you want to meet the people behind Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

  • The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo2020

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it

    Good for you if you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.

  • Mosul2019

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it
    • you want to understand what years of siege did to Aleppo

    Good for you if you want to see a modern battle from the inside.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • The Last Days1998

    • a war told from inside by the woman living it

    Good for you if you want to hear survivors tell their own stories.

  • Take Care of Maya2023

    • a love letter from a mother to her child

    Good for you if you want to follow a family fighting to get their daughter back.

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