National Refugee Week/Counterpoint Arts will be hosting a live online conversation with Waad al-Kateab, director of ‘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 leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.”

You can watch the discussion here on Monday 15th June at 7pm. Make sure to sign up over Eventbrite!

For those who haven’t seen the film yet, CWR are hosting a Watch Party the day before, so we can see ‘For Sama’ together using screen share! Just RSVP by emailing us at chelt.refugees@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a video link.

Join us online on Sunday 14th June at 7pm… and don’t forget the tissues.