Frustrated with the discriminatory gender roles at a Saharawi refugee camp, Mina longs to become a soldier.
Battalion to My Beat, dir. Eimi Imanishi, USA/Western Sahara/Algeria 2016, 14 mins
9 Oct 2016
BFI Film Festival: 245 features. 74 countries. 15 cinemas. 12 days. One Festival.
A selection of short films that span the globe, highlighting activism, revolution, misguided patriotism, the refugee experience and war. From Syria to the Sahara and even an English council estate, we’re all on the frontline in today’s world.
(Notes by Philip Ilson)
Total running time: 99 mins, cert. 15
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