The Runner

Saeed Taji Farouky, 93 min, England.

Salah Ameidan is the long distance runner that since the age of fourteen had to run for Morocco, but in a moment risks his career, his family, his nationality and his life to run for a country that does not exist, namely the Western Sahara. Western Sahara is a dimension larger than the United Kingdom and has been under Moroccan rule since 1975 Despite the occupation makes the area the last African colony, the situation in Western Sahara, virtually unknown in the West. An extremely important and timely film.