This is the true story of Fetim Salam, a Saharawi refugee falsely portrayed as a slave in the Australian documentary 'Stolen'. Australian filmmakers, Violeta Ayala and Daniel Fallshaw, travel to the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria in 2007 and claim to discover 20,000 slaves in the camps run by the independence movement Polisario Front. Refugees are outraged for being portrayed as slaves, and humanitarian aid workers are incredulous about these allegations as they know the camps intimately. Filmmaker Carlos Gonzalez retraces their steps in search of the truth and finds a web of lies, misinformation and Moroccan operatives reshaping the truth.
Carlos González
Director
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The Salt of the Earth
2014
1798 - Revolta dos Búzios
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The Myth of the Black Woman
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Hamada
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Words of caramel
2016
The Country Upside Down
2009
A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
1996
I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland
2020
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Our Faces Have Been Taken Away
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Reggae Music
1981