For Sama vs Love+War
For Sama has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7/10 for Love+War). Love+War is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 40m. For Sama is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are documentary, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
For Sama
Love+War| For Sama | Love+War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Documentary, War | Documentary, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Edward Watts, Waad al-Kateab | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin |
| Main cast | Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab, Waad al-Kateab | Lynsey Addario, Andriy Dubchak, Yulia Bondarenko, Steven P. Bungay, Serhiy Perebyinis |
Synopsis
For Sama
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 cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when…
Love+War
Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photojournalist Lynsey Addario reflects on a career working in some of the world's most dangerous war zones, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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