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| Submitted by: | Pat 10/4/2009 6:06:58 AM PT |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Occupation: | Student |
Stolen (Recommended)
Documenting a story about a reunion, after 30 years, between a mother and daughter in a Polisario refugee camp in the Western Sahara, Australian-based filmmakers Violeta Ayala and Daniel Fallshaw stumble on another — more profoundly unsettling and deeply concealed — about systemic slavery in Western Africa, a practice denied by governments and refugee caretakers alike, as well as by many of its victims. The film moves into political thriller territory when the filmmakers are made suddenly aware that the conversations they have taped put the lives of their subjects in peril, and they themselves have become prey to sinister political and cultural forces. Riveting stuff. Greg Quill (From the Toronto Star)
| Submitted by: | Lauren 9/17/2009 9:52:49 AM PT |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Occupation: | Student |
I attended the screening of Stolen last night and just wanted to let you all know what a great job this guys have done with the film.
| Submitted by: | Benjamin 9/16/2009 6:42:37 PM PT |
| Location: | Toronto |
| Occupation: | Beauty Expert |
Yes, Roberta I agree, she is very beautiful - those lovely shapely legs, that
wonderfully great posture, that gorgeous hourglass waistline and
perfectly shapely bottom - gosh, the list goes on. With such beauty, how
could she not make a wonderful film! And he's charisma just bounces off
he's entire being - oh and grounded he certainly is - whether it's soft
desert ground or hard rock - his feet are firmly on the ground. These are
necessary qualities for making a great film, and they have all these and
more. Well pointed out Violetta, I mean Roberta.
| Submitted by: | Roberta 9/15/2009 9:41:17 AM PT |
| Location: | Toronto |
Can't wait to watch this film 2morrow night. I had a brief chat to the directors yesterday, they seem like an amazing pair. She is very beautiful and passionate. He is grounded and charismatic.
| Submitted by: | Li Rose 9/13/2009 7:22:16 PM PT |
I've just stumbled across this blog due to my keen interest in the film and am astounded by the degree of ignorance and bad-mouthing goin on. If you watch the film, there's no denying that slavery is an issue. Rather than slander the filmmakers, we should be pushing for an independent inquiry into the allegations.
| Submitted by: | See it to believe it 9/6/2009 3:02:26 AM PT |
Interview with Ursula Aboubacar, the UN officer who claimed that never any case of slavery has been brought to the attention of UNHCR in the camps.
Violeta: You are there since 1991 and until now you have done nothing with regards to this?
Ursula: No that is not correct, there have been prosecutions because of this, there has been police officers tracing people who had slaves and this is what I have received as reports...
No body is denying the existence because again this human rights abuse is specific to this culture...
If we just bring it from the outside, the reaction would be immediately defense, the Polisario would say 'no, it doesn't exist'
See it for your self:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W_2TpZBIxU
| Submitted by: | Janice 9/3/2009 12:28:07 AM PT |
| Occupation: | Hobart |
I have no doubt that in time the truth about the film and the truth about the issues of slavery in the Saharawi refugee camps will come out.
| Submitted by: | The Spectator 8/31/2009 10:38:07 PM PT |
Those who see the film without knowing the background of the conflict, that the translation is wrong and that some scenes were renacted might be taken in.
But the real truth will eventually be known. It always does.
| Submitted by: | I trust the experts (Hubert Sauper supports Stolen) 8/31/2009 5:44:45 PM PT |
From the www.thetruthaboutstolen.com blog
HUBERT SAUPER Director of Darwin’s Nightmare
Academy Award Nomination in 2006 and the best IDFA documentary of all times
This afternoon I watched STOLEN together with Denise, my editor. Your work is much more then a film about modern slavery: it is a description of the crime that seems to follow humanity until it's end, the crime of ignorance.
Congratulations to your work Ayala! It's useless to say, I could relate to most everything in it, to the characters in the desert as well as to you as filmmakers. I feel like i've been in and out of North Africa with you two people for some years.
Your film is stronger than the stupid attempts to discredit it.
HUBERT SAUPER
www.darwinsnightmare.com
| Submitted by: | Suzan 8/31/2009 3:27:41 AM PT |
I've seen it and it's not worth the ticket price.
Disappointing to say the least.
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