{"id":143,"date":"2011-03-15T18:27:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitednotionsfilm.com\/stolen\/?p=143"},"modified":"2014-08-07T19:14:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:14:30","slug":"the-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stolenthedocu.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"The Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steal Away<\/h2>\n

Filmink News, 17 November 2009<\/p>\n

“In the case of Stolen<\/em>, the film that proved to be the most controversial at this year’s Sydney Film Festival, the creators have had to endure detention, international criticism and public scrutiny after the featured family in the film withdrew their support for the film’s claims.”<\/p>\n

link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bondi set to screen Stolen film<\/h2>\n

Wentworth Courier, 4 November 2009<\/p>\n

“Piecing together passing comments and whispered confessions, the pair uncovered a surviving legacy of slavery where black Africans living in the camp remained in a discreet state of bondage to their white Arab masters.”<\/p>\n

link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Violation of Human Rights?<\/h2>\n

TIFF Blog, 17 September, 2009<\/p>\n

“During the Q&A last night, the audience responded positively to the film…The last question of the session was about how the we can get involved and help the people of Norther Africa who are still living in slavery.”<\/p>\n

link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Slaves to their art<\/h2>\n

Sydney Morning Herald The Diary, August 31, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cEllis, like a cultural Grim Reaper, said to Fallshaw, who blanched: ‘You are going to jail, son.”’<\/p>\n

link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Slave film recut after claims of inaccuracy<\/h2>\n

The Age, July 31, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Polisario detained the filmmakers when they raised the issue of slavery and the film had to be smuggled out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Film on \u2018Slavery\u2019 Ignites Controversy<\/h2>\n

IPS, July 24, 2009<\/p>\n

However, a Human Rights Watch report released in December 2008 points out that “residual slavery practices continue to affect some black residents of the Tindouf camps”<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

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Reel drama more fiction than fact or lost in translation?<\/h2>\n

Sydney Morning Herald, July 13, 2009<\/p>\n

“There are millions of Spanish speakers who will be able to hear for themselves key conversations about slavery used in the film.”<\/p>\n

link to article \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Saharan doco whips up a storm<\/h2>\n

The Australian, June 24, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cThe credibility of two filmmakers is under attack and a film the Western Saharans want discredited, if not ignored, will be seen by thousands more people than imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Protesters step up campaign to have slave film banned<\/h2>\n

Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cStolen should be banned from the Melbourne International Film Festival, a Sydney representative of the Polisario, Kamal Fadel, said yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Bitter dispute over Stolen documentary<\/h2>\n

ABC The 7:30 Report, June 16, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cThe place is crawling with United Nations’ officials, with refugee agencies, with NGOs\u2026 and if there were 20,000 slaves there, we would have seen them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Confrontation at ‘slave’ film debut<\/h2>\n

The Australian, June 13, 2009<\/p>\n

THE makers of a contentious documentary about the alleged slavery of Western Saharans in refugee camps in Algeria have defended their film, saying its Sydney Film Festival screening is “a little victory for a film that came up against much opposition”.<\/p>\n

link to article \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m no slave” Western Sahara woman says Australian documentary makers lied.<\/h2>\n

ABC News with Tony Eastley, June 12, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the film makers say they found a more important story to tell – the existence of black slaves in UN monitored refugee camps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

I am not a slave, documentary subject tells Sydney Film Festival<\/h2>\n

Sydney Morning Herald, June 12, 2009<\/p>\n

FAITIM SALAM says she is not a slave. Last night she walked into the Sydney Film Festival’s sold-out film about her, Stolen<\/em>, to defend her freedom.<\/p>\n

link to article \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Q&A with writer and directors of Stolen<\/h2>\n

Sydney Film Festival, June 9, 2009<\/p>\n

Dan and I decided to make our first film over a beer in a pub after knowing each other just for few weeks, we shared a dream…<\/p>\n

link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Polisario Front briefly detains two Australian filmmakers at refugee camp<\/h2>\n

Reporters Without Borders, May 9, 2007<\/p>\n

\u201cWestern Sahara under Moroccan control and the refugee camps in Algeria are in the areas that are very hard for journalists to visit and work in.<\/p>\n

Link to article \u203a\u203a<\/a><\/p>\n

Journos freed in Sahara<\/h2>\n

The Australian, May 8, 2007<\/p>\n

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed the pair had been detained and had been released after “vigorous representations” by Australia’s embassy in Paris.<\/p>\n

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