Awards
Stolen has won 14 awards around the world, from Best Documentary at the Pan African Film Festival in LA to the Grand Prix at the Art of the Document in Poland. Best Feature Documentary 2010 - Pan African Film Festival, ...
Work from March, 2011
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Screenings
New York African Film Festival 8th and 12th April 2011 Stolen NY premiere at the NY African Film Festival @ the Lincoln Centre Stolen @ NYAFF Stranger Than Fiction @ IFC, New York 5th April 2011 Sneak preview of Stolen in NY ...
Response to SVT-UR pulling STOLEN off air.
As a filmmaker it was disturbing to find out today via the Swedish press, that the Swedish public broadcaster SVT-UR, who purchased the rights for STOLEN more than a year ago, then cut the film into a TV hour, made their own translations and advertised to broadcast it on March ...
Review on About.com
Stolen - Movie Review of Stolen - 2009 Following A Story as It Unfolds About.com 4 Star Rating By Jennifer Merin, About.com Guide Stolen is a perfect example of a documentary that started out to tell one story and wound up presenting quite another. While documenting the efforts of ...
Video Stories
Origins of STOLEN In September 2006, with the co-operation of the Polisario, we went to the camps to make a film about a family reunion. After 10 days of being introduced by Polisario officials to women who were to take part in a ...
Interview with UNHCR, Ursula Aboubacar
Interview with UN in 2007 clearly stating they are aware slavery exists in the Polisario refugee camps and the surrounding territory, including Western Sahara. This video is made available because of accusations made by the interviewee that we manipulated her interview.
Matala’s message to the world
Matala is a character in Stolen. He lives in the Polisario refugee camps in Algeria. He traveled 1,800 km overland from the refugee camps to Mauritania to tell us how slavery is affecting the lives of his family and his people. This ...
The Controversy
"In the case of Stolen, 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."
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