>> narrar: tonight - >> sama.nt >> narrator: a fne special presentation. >> sama. >> "for sama" is... it's a letter for my daughter, a love letter to all the children of syria. >> waad al katb tells the story of falling inhe love for tirst time, marrying her husband, havi a baby with him, and that counterpoint to the actual syrian conflict makes it a really unique sty that we can all relate to. >> this film captures the core conflict.erience of this

>> i hope that will encourage a lot of others to tell their >> "for sama" opens a door to perle's hearts and to th minds so that they can understand that this conflict is ongoing, the story's not over. >> narrator: tonight on frontline - the award winning documentary, "r sama". >> frontne is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundationcommitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. the ford foundation: working with visionaries on the worldwide. of social change additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical sues. the john and helen glessner family trust.st supporting trthy journalism that informs and

inspires. d by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo annagler. and additional support from laura debonis and scott nathan, and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. ♪ >> waad (speaking arabic): (baby babbling)

>> sama, mama. mama. (singing in arabic) mama, sama. xplosion in distance) sama. aby babbling) (man's voice speaking arabic) (sama and man conversing in arabic):

(indistinct conversati) (distant explosion) y (neaexplosion) (footsteps on stairs, coughing) >> waad:

>> man: (b aby crying) (explosion) (explosion) (man shouting) >> man: (machines beeping) (explosions) aa >> (baby crying)

(group conversing) (sama babbling) (waad laughs) >> man: (making bubbling sounds) (sama laughing) >> sama. (baby laughing >> waad:

♪ (explosions) (baby crying, people shouting) (crying) ai

(sound of distant raft) >> waad: (numerous explosions)

>> waa

(cheering) (cheering continues) ♪ >> crowd:

>> waad: ti (people shng) >> waad:

(car horn blaring) (laughter) >> waad:

(testing mic) >> waad: (testing mic) >> man (on loudspeaker): sa (indistinct convtions)

(shouting) (indistinct conversations) (people shouting)

(horn honking) >> waad: (crowd chanting): >> waad:

(distant explosions) (distant explosions) (people shouting) (indisnct conversations)

(siren wailing) >> waad and hamza: w d:

(people shouting) (explosion) >> man (crying): w

>>d: (explosions)

(people singing) (people cheering) (dance music playing) i'm crazy for feeling so lonely... ♪

>> waad: ♪ ♪ (people conversing) (wedding music continues)

♪ >> sama? sama? (speaking arabic) no? no? no? (laughs) (sama fusses, waad imitates)

(drong sound in distance) (sama babbling) ss (sama fug) >> mama.

(explosion) >> man (on speaker): >> waad: (distant shouting, siren blaring) ou (siren blaring groder) (indistinct voice on loudspeaker, horn honking)

>> man: >> waad and boy: (boys crying)

>> woman:

>> waa (background conversation) ♪ (sama babbling)

(chanting) >> waad: (cheering, fireworks exploding)

♪

♪ (indistinct conversations) >> surprise! (song playing on phone)

(waad laughs) (birds chirping) (gasps)

(laughs) (laughs)

(exploon) (people shouting) (gunfire) (peoplconversing): (explosis) (distant whistling, explosion) erson coughs) (coughing) >> waad: (coughing) an shouts)

>> hamza andaad: (thunder rumes, rain patters)

(people chattering) (child talking playfully)

(family chattering) >> waad: (explosion) (explosion) (gunfire) un

fire, explosions continue) >> waad: >> wisam:

>> waad: >> waad: (laughter) (phone buzzing) >> hello? aughter) (l

♪ ab crying) (all chaing) (cheering) (indistinct conversations) >> man: (sama crying)

>> hamza: (sama crying) (laughter) ♪ (sama babbling)

(voice chanting over pa) (people conversing, horn honks) >> man:

(boy shouting) >> waad: (child shouting playfully) >> waad: >>hild:

>> waad and naya: (boy making engi noises) >> beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep! >> waad: (helicopter rotors whirring) (siren wailing)

an(people shouting in distce) (explosion) >> waad: (machine beeping)

>> medical workers: >> waad: >> medical worker:

(baby cries) (baby crying) >> waad:

(voice speaking on radio >> waad: 7th februy 2016. my first baby, sama.e her name is meaning y. sky we love,ky we want. without air forces.th t bombing. sky with sun, with clouds. with birds. sama? sama? do you hear me?

sama? sama? sama? (clicking tongue) sama? she's laughing. sama (distant rumbling) (man shouting on radio) (explosions)

(indistinct shouting) (muffled explosion) (overlapping conversations): >> waad:

♪ ♪ (indistinct conversations)

>> waad: (explosions)

>> hamza: w aad: (man on radio): >>aad: en conversing): >> waad:

(gunfire in distance) >> man: a: >> waad and hamz (sama crying)

(explosion, sama crying) >> waad: (sama crying) (hamza and waad singing):

>> waad: (laughter) >> man and waad: >> waad: (all cheerin

♪ ♪ (flames crackling)

(chanting) >> waad: (child crying)

>> waad and wisam:

>>hank you! (child talking)

>> waad: ♪ (heartbeat pulsing) (people shouting) >> waad:

(people shouting) er (overlapping speaks): ♪ eo ple shouting) >> waad: >> waad: (indistinct conversations)

>> waad: (people shouting) >> man: >> woman: (weeng)

>> waad: ♪ (sama babbling bye, sama. sama, bye!

(voice on radio) (sama chattering) (waad laughs)a! >> m mama! >> aha!

(sama exhaling) (voice on radio) e) (explosions in dista (explosions rumbling) >> waad: (people conversing) (explosion) (worried chattering) (explosion) (sama babbling excitedly) xp

sion) ♪ (children coughing) (children crying) >> waad: (children coughing) >> (on phone): a message from the people of aleppo to the world... >> waad:>> amza:

>> woman: >> waad: ♪ (jet engines roaring) (explosion) (glass shattering) (screaming) (distorted rumbling)

>> wd: (dtorted voices) (baby squealing)

(baby crying distantly) (phone conversation): >> waad: >> hamza:

(distant explosion) >> waad: s) (car horn ho >> waad: (weeping)

♪ (enginputtering) (traffic sounds, indistinct conversations) >> waad: ♪

♪

(man shouting) (man groaning) (heartbeat pulsing) >> hamza:

(sniffs) (engine putters by) >> here, it's my lovely house, where i lid. i can't believe that i couldn't come again. (crying) no words can describe what i'm

feeling now. we don't want toorce to flee out of our city. la i got thisnt. it will grow out of aleppo. (gate slam echoing) >> waad: (wind howlin

it's 9:00 a.m. it's snowing. we are still waiting for evacuation. in (child c >> waad:

(car horn honking) (sama crying) >> waad: (sama fussing) >> the next checkpoint is the most dangerous.

(sama exclaims) there's the checkpoint of thegi . (no audio) >> waad: (horn honks)

♪ (baby crying)

(conversing playfully) (children playing) >> waad: (woman singing in arabic)

(hamzaabbling, sama laughing) >> waad:

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