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The Beat of distant hearts

Algeria, 1999
film

Through various Saharawi artists, poets and singers, this documentary tells the tragic story of the Saharawi nomads who were forced into exile from their home..

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Dreams and silence = Reves et silences

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Everything and nothing

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Tuareg

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Frontiers of dreams and fears

Palestinian Territory, Occupied, 2001
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Canticle of the stones = Cantique des pierres [Widescreen]

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A Nomad boy

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Tree of survival

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Sun, sand and sea

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A Score for women's voices

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The Taliban legacy

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The Rough road to freedom

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The Last warriors

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Algeria

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Sahara

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The Desert dreamers

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The Blue men of Morocco

United States, 1963
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Man and his world: oasis in the Sahara

Germany, 1969
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