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Mission: Sahara

2015 · 53 min

A sober, quietly absorbing documentary that follows young activists on a tense journey, offering a rare inside view of a forgotten conflict.

Directed by
Arturo Dueñas
Genres
Documentary
Overview
On 1976 twenty thousand Spaniards left the last European colony in Africa, and thousands of Saharawi’s are abandoned to their fate. Forty years have gone by and Western Sahara has become a forgotten conflict. This film offers an original point of view: the version of the conflict from the opposition to the regime within the occupying power, Morocco, and the odyssey of a group of young people to achieve these testimonies, while trying to reach the capital of the Occupied Territories, El-Aaiun.

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Directed by
Arturo Dueñas
Genres
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • colonialism
    • freedom
    • justice
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
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    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Arturo Dueñas
    Runtime
    53 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Arabic, Spanish

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