| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 84 minutes |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Pragda in 2014. |
| Summary |
Fatimetu is born to a Sahrawi family in a Saharan refugee camp in Algeria and later sent to live with foster parents in Spain. After the death of her mother, she returns to the camp. She has been absent for sixteen years. Her brother now expects her to stay and look after her sister Hayat, who has difficulty walking. Fatimetu, who unlike the other women can drive a car, finds work transporting animals, meat, and bread from one administrative district to another. In time, the Sahrawi people become accustomed to the woman who tears about the desert without a hijab in her beaten up jeep. But Fatimetu is torn between life in the desert and her memories of her family and friends in Spain. With unprecedented access to the Sahrawi community, Pedro Perez Rosado, provides a voice to this unrepresented group of refugees and their struggle for independence. The outstanding performance of newcomer Nadhira Mohamed, who was herself born in a refugee camp in Tinduf, landed her the Best Actress award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In Spanish, Subtitles in English |
| Indexed Term |
Anthropology |
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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
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Human Rights, Latin American Studies, Foreign Language Film, Movies |
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Politics and International Affairs |
| Added Author |
Perez Rosado, Pedro, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1144597 Kanopy |
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