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A Film Night: Sons of the Clouds: the Last Colony
Australia Western Sahara Association presents
A Film Night
Sons of the Clouds: the Last Colon with Oscar winning Spanish actor Javier Barde
Bob Ellis, writer, journalist, film-maker and political commentator will introduce the documentary ‘Sons of the Clouds
Join us to watch this award winning documentary as Javier Bardem traces the lengthy conflict over Spain’s last colony, now occupied by Morocco, and his passionate efforts to achieve justice for the Saharawi people.
The documentary won the 2013 Goya Prize for best documentary
Official website for film : http://www.candescentfilms.com/film/sons-of-the-clouds/
Thursday
18 July Map
and directions $10 ($5 concession) drinks and nibbles
provide Websites Sydney
Mechanics’ School of Arts Australia Western Sahara
Association (AWSA) About the film Sons of
the Clouds: the Last Colony Links
: RFK Centre for Justice and Human Rights: http://goo.gl/RKbc7
Huffington
Post: http://goo.gl/Y6Fef "A
passionate and compelling Javier Bardem carries this
memorable film that powerfully explores both the political
realities of colonialism and its devastating cost to human
lives". — CNN Sons of the Clouds was
inspired by Javier Bardem’s visit to the Sahara Film
Festival held in the Saharawi refugee camps in south west
Algeria near Tindouf. He decided he wanted to help justice
take its course and achieve a vote of self-determination for
the Saharawi people. In the film he traces the history of
this long drawn-out process, starting in 1965 when the
United Nations first mooted the decolonization of Western
Sahara. He visits key players, politicians from both
sides, talks to journalists, pleads his case at the United
Nations. The documentary was directed by Alvaro Longoria and
produced by Lilly Hartley.
ENDS
6.00pm for 6.30pm start (film duration 80 mins)at
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Mitchell Theatre, Level 1,
280 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 200
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