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Atu, the face of a forgotten nation

Atu, the face of a forgotten nation

2019•28m
Documentary

Atu is a 12-year-old Saharawi girl who comes to Valencia every summer to escape the suffocating desert summer in exile. Two opposing worlds between a conflict that has driven hundreds of thousands of people away from Western Sahara forcing them to live in southwestern Algeria. At her young age, with little resources and no homeland, she courageously faces the future.

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ONGD MOSSolidaria

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ES

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