645941 event 1617201415 1617204194 <![CDATA[Screening and Panel: For Sama (2019)]]> For Sama is an intimate yet epic journey into one young mother's experience of the Syrian conflict. In her home in Aleppo, Syria, Director Waad al-Kateab kept her camera rolling--while falling in love, getting married, having a baby and saying goodbye as her city crumbled. The award-winning documentary unfolds as a love letter to her daughter--Sama. 

 

Upon RSVP you will receive a screening link. Watch the film at your leisure, then join us for the April 1 panel discussion with Prof. Jario Garcia, Prof. Michael Gasper, and Prof. Ayda Melika.

 

REGISTER: https://bit.ly/2QCw2Gd

 

These events are part of the 2021 Urban Media Festival, which explores various United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. This series is organized by the Urban Media Institute and co-sponsored by Georgia Tech’s School of Modern Languages and School of History and Sociology, Global Media Fest, Atlanta Global Studies Center, Serve-Learn-Sustain, EQUINOX Symposium, MENA Forum, Iranian Studies Initiative, and the Office of the Vice-Provost for International Initiatives.

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