Film · 2016
14 min · Directed by Eimi Imanishi
Eager to escape a life of confinement in the refugee camps of Western Sahara in Algeria, Mariam flees into the desert to join the army, naively believing herself to be the Joan of Arc who will save her country from occupation.
Mariam Omar Ahmed
Mariam
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