Sahrawi Refugee Camps Movies
- 2008

The women of the tents
The women of the tents02008HD
A group of Sahrawi women come together and explain how traditional "jaimas" (tents) are set up.
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- 2023

Unsubmissive
Unsubmissive02023HD
Saharawi women have always been at the forefront of the resistance against colonialism and the plunder of their territory by Morocco. In spite of...
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- 2021

The people of the waves
The people of the waves02021HD
I am a girl of the waves, from a village of seafarers. Some days, I go out with my boat to the sea. But I don’t go alone. Maoimouna comes with...
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- 2008

The whisper of the sand
The whisper of the sand02008HD
Awserd refugee camp, Tindouf. Fatma has not seen her brother for 30 years, since they parted after the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara. Now he is...
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- 2010

The mirror bird
The mirror bird02010HD
Bubisher, as well as being 'the bird of luck', is a word loaded with literary meaning in Spanish in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Tindouf. Seeing the...
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- 2010

School desks in the desert
School desks in the desert02010HD
A nine-year old girl, Naha, who in day-to-day life studies primary education en Wilaya de Smara is the point of departure for this documentary....
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- 2010

I am a Sahrawi woman
I am a Sahrawi woman02010HD
This is the reality of women of the same nation who live divided by the wall that has separated them for 35 years now. Exiled Sahrawi women who live...
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- 2011

Daughters of hope
Daughters of hope02011HD
Women are the protagonists of this documentary. Girls and women of varied ages tell us the difficulties of living their whole lives in refuge and...
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- 2016

Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?
Time zero. What to expect when waiting in the Sahara?02016HD
The documentary reflects the voices and photographic looks Saharawi women because they are the protagonists of this project allows us to see between...
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- 2020

Sahrawi, welcome
Sahrawi, welcome02020HD
"We used to travel trough Sahara in quest for clouds. We did not depend on no airplanes, nor cars, just on our camels” Sahrawi grandpas recall...
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- 2020

Toufa
Toufa02020HD
Toufa recreates the beginnings of the Sahrawi population’s arrival in the Hamada’s arid desert. This short film tells of the suffering of...
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- 2020

The wall, the Sahrawi wound
The wall, the Sahrawi wound02020HD
Ahmed lost a leg because of a landmine. Fatimetu works as a deminer. Mohamed tells the story of the wall that divides his country, Western Sahara....
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- 2020

The voice of the martyrs
The voice of the martyrs02020HD
The film takes place in the Sahrawi refugee camps installed since 1975 near Tindouf, southwest Algeria. It takes us on a filmed investigation led by...
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- 2009

SADR, justice without war?
SADR, justice without war?02009HD
This documentary shows the torments and comrade disappearance ocurrences in the Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara through the eyes of Yahia, a young...
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- 2005

All about my tent
All about my tent02005HD
The relevant NGOs and the Spanish film industry have organized the First International Sahara Film Festival, with the official objective of bringing...
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- 2010

Nothing happens
Nothing happens02010HD
In the Sahrahwi refugee camp of Dajla, south of Algeria lives Mohamed Brahim Selma, also known as Belgha; Shepherd and poet of the Tiris region who...
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- 2012

Sweep the desert
Sweep the desert02012HD
A documentary about the daily lives, hopes, aspirations and demands of though living in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Dajla.
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- 2012

Saharauiya
Saharauiya02012HD
The documentary is about the sahrawi women’s role carries out from all areas in her society and developes within the framework of the refugee...
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- 2012

Letter to Sasha
Letter to Sasha02012HD
Fatma, who lives in Asuerd’s refugee camp in the Hamada of the Algerian desert, will listen in television to news that will give her a great...
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- 2013

Chabiba
Chabiba02013HD
In Hassaniya, the mother tongue of the Sahrawi people "Chabiba" means youth. In the Sahrawi tradition conversations, revolves around a good tea....
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