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Director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “The Odissi” is already facing a backlash for allegedly filming on indigenous land under “military business” in Western Sahara.
Following the photo shot in the region last week, the Saharavi government expressed “deep concern and strong resentment” that “Openhaimer” was filming in the city of Dakhala, the director’s follow -up project, a place claims that it is currently under “illegal military possession by the kingdom of Morocco”.
“The Ministry strongly expresses its strong condemnation and uneven rejection of the decision to select an occupied area as a place for a major international filmmaking, without any kind of consultation or coordination, with a legitimate representative of co -operatives, is recognized as the Polisario Front, internationally,” Read its statement,
The statement continued, “This Act is a dangerous form of cultural generalization with business, and an immoral exploitation of art and cinema is to whitewash the image of a colonial status that is still imposed by force and meets daily with strong resistance of people struggling for freedom and dignity.”
Director Christopher Nolan was called out to film his latest film “The Odyssey” in a disputed part of Western Sahara. (Pascal le segretan/gati images)
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Western Sahara International Film Festival (Fisahara) Similar Give a statement Nolan and universal photographs “from” Dakhla shut down filming and urge to stand in solidarity with co -operative people who have been under military occupation for 50 years and who are regular imprisonment and tortured for their peaceful struggle for self -determination. “
“Filling part of ‘The Odissi’ in an occupied area, without any limit, Nolan and his team reporters were classified as a ‘desert of journalism’, perhaps unknowingly and unknowingly, contributing to the suppression of the Morocco’s co -operative people and to normalize the efforts of Morokon to normalize the efforts of Morokon.
Actor Xavier Bardem, who has previously appeared in Fisahara, shared the statement of the festival On her Instagram account Last week.
Western Sahara is a disputed region. (Through George Gurro/AFP Getty Image)
“For 50 years, Morocco has captured the Western Sahara, expelled to saffron people from their cities. Dakhla is one of them, which has been converted into a tourist destination by Morocco occupants and is now a film set, which is always aimed at eradicating the city’s safety identity. Spanish.
Meanwhile, Redda Benzeloun of Morocco Cinematographic Center, a public administrative film agency in Morocco, called the film “extremely important”, which is the first major Hollywood project to shoot in the field.
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“Dakhla will actually provide extraordinary opportunities for future foreign presentations in the future that will find very different geography from other areas of Morocco along with human resources,” said the Benzellan. in an interview“Today, being very sensitive to Morocco’s strength demand and very skilled local executive production companies that do a great work.”
Fox News reached a representative for Nolan for Digital Universal Pictures and Comment.
Nolan’s “The Odyssey” was shot in many countries including Morocco, Italy and Greece. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Image)
“The Odyssey” spent at least four days in the field, which is “classified as”Non-clever sector“Seventy percent of the land by the United Nations is currently controlled by Morocco, although Morocco has proposed a plan to give autonomy to the country under Morocco’s sovereignty.
President Donald Trump recognized Morocco’s land claim and supported his plan In a statement During its first term in 2020.
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“The Odissi” is scheduled to release on July 17, 2026, and the same name considers the ancient Greek epic poetry of the same name. It has also shot in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Scotland and Iceland and is expected to continue filming in Ireland and UK.
