HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara
2024•1h 30m•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Brahim B. Ali
Languages
Arabic, Spanish
Studio
RåFILM
Cast
Mariem Hassan
Self
Production
Company
RåFILM
Company
Saharawi Voice
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