• Director(s):

    FRANCOIS (Pierre Olivier)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE DEVELOPPEMENT

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2018

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

According to the UN, it is one of the last unsettled colonial disputes: Western Sahara. For 50 years, these desert areas – yet rich in raw materials – and their access to the sea have been the crux of an endless rivalry.

It lies between Morocco – which occupies 80% of the contested territory – and Algeria – which supports the Sahrawi independentists. This conflict also polarizes the entirety of Maghreb, Europe and even the UN Security Council – concerned with stabilizing a region that has been scarred by several Jihadi insurgencies already.