Unsubmissive

Saharawi women have always been at the forefront of the resistance against colonialism and the plunder of their territory by Morocco.

In spite of Morocco’s repression, intensified by the collapse of the ceasefire with the Polisario Front in November 2020, activists living under occupation gathered to document the violence perpetrated against their daughters, mothers, sisters and grandmothers since 1975.

This documentary explores this historical process through the voices of its protagonists in their triple roles as victims, researchers, and international activists. A sensitive and close analysis of these experiences is complemented by animations and statistics little known to the general public. 

The result is an astonishing record of the gravity and extent of the violence exercised by Morocco against women, but also a photograph of colonialism from a gender perspective that emphasizes the unwavering strength of these activists to fight for their people’s rights.

team

Directed by: Laura Dauden and Miguel Angel Herrera

Screenplay: Laura Dauden

Director of Photography: Miguel Angel Herrera

Production: Laura Dauden, Miguel Angel Herrera and João Paulo Brito

Camera: Miguel Angel Herrera, Xabier Unanua and Miquel Larequi Pabollet

Narration: Nazha El Khalidi

Editing: Miguel Angel Herrera

Color grade: Daniel Lopes

Sound post-production: Fabio Sung

Soundtrack: Audio Network

Translation: Ahmed Ettanji, Jadiyetu El Mohtar, Yusseff Duihi, Saida Tayeb Fadli, Asia Mulay and Blarlo

Archive: SADR TV, United Nations Photo, Equipe Media, TeleSur, El Mundo, Europa Press, Hammoud Ali Lili

 

Production in the Occupied Territories

Media Team: Mohamed Saleh Zerouali, Samoudi Abd Essamad, Mohamed Mayara, 

Ahmed Ettanji, Sidi Brahim Laajil and Mamine Hachimi

 

Illustration and animation: Leste

Directed by: Felipe Augusto

Animation Direction: Dilan Gama

Animation: Anderson Aguiar, Breno Santilo and Dilan Gama

Art Direction: Felipe Augusto

Illustration: Gabriel Santin and Manoela Cardoso

Production: Nabila Haddad

 

Interviews (in order of appearance): Mina Baali, Saultana Sidbrahim Khayya, El Ghalia Abdalahe Djimi, Omeima Mahmud Nayem and Jadiyetu El Mohtar

 

Hegoa Team: Irantzu Mendia Azkue, Tatiana Montenegro Garay, Andrea Gago Menor and Gloria Guzmán Orellana

 

Acknowledgments: Jalil Abdelaziz, Hammoud Ali Lili, Amal Bachir Ali, Salha Boutanguiza, Nassra Dah, Yusseff Duihi, Saida Fadli, Ahmed Salem Lehbib, Salka Leili, Ma Ángeles Fernández, EMSTO (Espacio de Mujeres en los Territorios Ocupados), France Libertes – Foundation Danielle Mitterrand

 

Realization: Hegoa Institute (UPV/EHU)

Financing: Euskal Fondoa – Asociación de Entidades Locales Vascas Cooperantes

Production: Forward Films, 2023

countries

Spain

genre

Documentary

runtime

26′