‘For Sama’ Review: A Letter to a Daughter About Her Parents

The first few minutes of For Sama are nerve-wracking as Syrian activist filmmaker Waad al-Kateab runs through a bombed hospital, camera in hand, searching for her young daughter amidst tons of evacuees. The child is okay, and it’s important to remember that over and over, while the documentary jumps around in time. At various moments, we may otherwise f…