VIDEO : 'Children of the Clouds' exposes Moroccan abuses in occupied Western Sahara

11/11/2007 | Images and Video

‘Children of the Clouds’, a new nine-minute documentary by the U.S. director and cinematographer Carlos González, reveals the oppressive conditions inside the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara.

Though it is rare for journalists and documentary filmmakers to gain access to the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara, González has gone behind the scenes and even undercover to show things never before captured on video by an outsider.

The documentary features an extended interview with Hmad Ahmad, a Sahrawi human rights defender who has faced repeated beatings and imprisonment for his activism. The film also contains live photage of Moroccan police repression, as well as various images of past and present abuses by the occupying authority.

The film is still a work in progress, so more scenes will be added.

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The film is available here: