3 Stolen Cameras (2017)

Original title

3 camerat masroka

Directed by

Équipe Média

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden, Spain

Runtime

17 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short documentary about a Sahrawi media team in Western Sahara and the difficulties they face reporting under the Moroccan government. The title refers to how the activists work to keep their camera equipment safe.

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What happens

3 Stolen Cameras is a Sahrawi documentary film, produced by RåFILM and Équipe Média. It is a Swedish coproduction filmed in Arabic. Premiered in 2017 at DOK Leipzig, it was nominated in the best short documentary category. Originally intended to be premiered at Lebanon, the Moroccan government boycotted it. The film tells the story behind Équipe Média and its struggle while doing journalism at Western Sahara and their relationship with Morocco's government. The title references the efforts made by the activists in order to protect their filming material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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