Film · 2024
HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara
90 min · Directed by Anna Klara Åhrén
HAIYU interweaves Mariem Hassan’s music and her personal quest for her country’s independence with larger historical events dating back to the region’s Spanish colonisation, and subsequent occupation by Morocco.
Cast
Crew
- Editor
- Anna Klara Åhrén
- Cinematography
- Mohamedsalem Uered, Anna Klara Åhrén, Alex Veitch
- Sound
- David Gülich
Details
- Studios
- RåFILM, Saharawi Voice
- Countries
- Sweden, Western Sahara
- Languages
- Arabic, Spanish
- Release
- June 14, 2024
Themes
musicianfolk musicsongwriterblues musicpercussionsahrawi singermariem hassan