Synopsis
For three decades, 160 000 Sahraouis have taken refuge in camps situated in the southwest of Algeria, this place has become their asylum.People taken hostage, torn apart, the land of Africa that waits for its self-determination is finally recognized by the facts. This documentary brings to light this reality which bear the sahraoui people, exiled far from their country, obliged to survive in extreme conditions and forgotten by the current events.
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Générique Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Générique Productions
Full credits (7)
- Executive Producers : Cheikh Djemaï, Michel Bulté
- Screenwriter : Cheikh Djemaï
- Director of Photography : Michel Bulté
- Editor : Jeanne Oberson
- Sound recordist : Muriel Laborde
- Voice-over : Michel Bulté
- Sound Mixer : Xavier Despas
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary
- Themes : Exclusion, Conflict
- Production language : French, Arabic, Spanish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 52 min
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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