Oscar nominees turn footage smuggled out of Syria into For Sama
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Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab spent years documenting the horror and humanity of life in Aleppo, Syria. When she fled with her family, she smuggled 12 hard drives of footage past a Syrian checkpoint. That footage became the Oscar-nominated documentary \\u201cFor Sama.\\u201d Al-Kateab and her collaborator Edward Watts tell us how they crafted an intimate 90-minute film dedicated to al-Kateab\\u2019s daughter.\\xa0
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