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  • Stolen: A Story of Modern-day Slavery

    03/26/2011 10:46:38 PM PDT · by OddLane · 6 replies · 1+ views
    American Rattlesnake ^ | March 27, 2011 | Marion D.S. Dreyfus
    In an excellent documentary called Stolen, which sets out to document a family reunion in the sole region in Africa where Spanish is spoken, filmmakers Ayala and Fallshaw uncover a bigger story than they had originally planned. What they find is a pocket of slavery still practiced in Western Sahara, Morocco, Mauritania, and elsewhere in Arab-African societies. The initial impetus for the film is the re-union of a generational family under UN auspices, a service the UN provides if the correct paperwork is filled out; family members long separated are brought together for a joyous 5-day reunion. What the documentarians...