{"id":13862,"date":"2026-07-16T07:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/16\/christopher-nolans-odyssey-used-occupied-land-as-a-film-set-that-feels-like-a-betrayal-mohamed-sleiman-labat-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:34:50","slug":"christopher-nolans-odyssey-used-occupied-land-as-a-film-set-that-feels-like-a-betrayal-mohamed-sleiman-labat-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/16\/christopher-nolans-odyssey-used-occupied-land-as-a-film-set-that-feels-like-a-betrayal-mohamed-sleiman-labat-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nolan\u2019s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. 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For the Moroccan regime, a camera in the hands of a Sahrawi threatens its official narrative that Western Sahara is part of Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, when celebrated international names in the film industry wish to capture an ideal picture for an epic journey, and decide that our land is exotic enough to shoot the desired scenes, they are welcomed, escorted and granted access by the same authorities that usually deny us that right.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/16\/the-odyssey-sahrawi-people-christopher-nolan-western-sahara\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2026\/jul\/16\/the-odyssey-sahrawi-people-christopher-nolan-western-sahara\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4382e325f5451ab4b08c43a7a9f80a1ef3a23494\/236_0_2561_2049\/master\/2561.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0129671648db172205d0e809d1af51b3\" title=\"Christopher Nolan\u2019s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. 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