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SPRING 2020
FilM TheaTre
For Sama Gut
Wednesday 12 february Monday 17 february to
Saturday 22 february
Seeing ‘For Sama’on the big screen, brings the
horror of the Syrian conflict into ones
conciousness in a very visceral manner. The
documentary itself is addressed and dedicated
to a child – director Waad’s daughter, Sama –
whom we first meet as smoke fills the corridors
of the hospital in which she lives.
This is Syria in 2016, with the Assad regime,
supported by the Russian air force,
indiscriminately pummelling Aleppo, hitting
houses and hospitals alike.
Waad films their lives and struggles, a process
that “gives me a reason to be here”, even after
the birth of Sama, for whom this documentary
is intended as a “love letter” and an explanation.
dirS. Waad al-kaTEaB, EdMund WaTTS,
uk, 2019, 119 Min
TiME: 8 pM pricE: €9/5
For Sama powerfully mixes the personal and
the political to thought-provoking, emotional
ends. The result is one of the best
documentaries of 2019. Empire
www.thesourceartscentre.ie
Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to three-
year old Joshua - commited to keeping him
happy and safe. But when an everyday visit to a
supermarket café turns into a far more troubling
incident, their trust in those closest to them is
shattered. They are flung into a well of paranoia.
Gnawing away at Maddy is the possibility- just
the possibility- that her toddler, Joshua, has
been abused by a stranger. Such is her
protective instinct that she now perceives
everyone as a potential danger to her child.
Maddy’s neurotic mistrust of the world leads
her to a dark place.
‘Gut’ is a taut psychological thriller from
Frances Poet that asks: who can be trusted with
our children and is it more dangerous not to
trust at all? The play is a vision of contemporary
society where hyper -vigilance has replaced a
sense of community and helpfulness.
prESEnTEd By ThurlES draMa GrOup
TiME 8 pM pricE: €16/12 cOnc
Box Office: 0504 90204
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