STOLEN
2009, 90 min
Filmmakers Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw travel to North Africa intending to make one film only to discover a hidden truth that takes them on a journey they could never have imagined.
The film follows the story of a Saharawi refugee separated from her mother since she was a toddler and reunited through a UN family reunion program. The reunion reveals a secret and the film quickly spirals into another world. It becomes difficult to distinguish who are the good guys, as the ‘good guys’ turn bad and the ‘bad guys’ appear to do good.
Initially set against the Sahara in a refugee camp, the film becomes a political thriller as suspicion and deception take hold and things are evidently not as they seem.
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