Directed by Noura Kevorkian
The Peabody-winning documentary BATATA follows an astonishing
10 years in the life of charismatic Syrian migrant worker, Maria,
and her epic journey from pre-revolution days on the
potato fields of Lebanon to life in refugee camps.
Syrian-Lebanese director Noura Kevorkian’s intimate camera captures an entire decade of marriages, births, deaths, all the while documenting the unbending spirit of a woman who puts family ahead of all else.