I watched the film at the Sydney screening, it's an amazing film. I have never been on a screening like the Stolen one.
I have no doubt that this film will go very far despite the opposition of the dogmatic left whingers.
The Polisario representative keep saying that the filmmakers are accusing them of "widespread slavery" mmmmm?

I can't trust a liberation movement that allows and defends slavery...Mr Fadel doesn't appear to me to be black, he probably belongs to the masters...So what can we expect from him?

His family probably owns slaves and of course he needs to defend the practice.

What a strange statement by Fay. As if... I've been a fan of many films over the years and not once yet have the film makers noticed let alone sent me a complimentary copy of the film. Hilarious idea!

Andi, your logic is incredible, if someone is not black then they must have slaves! Are you black? do you have slaves?

What we can not is that the Stolen apologists rarely discuss the content of the film. They try to divert attention.

You say the film is amazing. Yes it is but for the wrong reasons. It is a hoax. It is full of lies and baseless allegations. All has been proven. The mistranslation, the manipulation the invented scenes...etc

Wal, don't try to hide your connection to the filmmakers!

"Dogmatic left whingers" - I like that. The shared delusional state of some people in the Socialist Alliance and similar extreme left groups - as evidenced in their numerous publications about the film, Stolen - is something to marvel at.

The dogmatism appears to be the result of a form of mutually reinforcing social behaviour brought about by everyone agreeing with everyone else and doing a lot of mutual back patting. No-one in these organisations seems to be concerned about knowing what's going on in the wider world outside of their little world.

I see though that Fay has disagreed with you Andi... Nice try; there could well be something in your idea about white Berbers still being slave owners.

Like you, I've been scratching my head and wondering hard, what is the logic behind the Polisario's representative, Kamal Fadels', very vocal opposition to the film, Stolen. It makes no sense.

The more that Kamal says against the film the more I inform myself about the issues and the more this crowd, the Polisario, are looking doubtful to me. I'd have known nothing about the Polisario if Kamal and his friends hadn't made such a fuss about the film.

There certainly is wisdom in that old adage about people living in glass houses not throwing stones. It will be interesting to see how all this turns out for Mr Fadel. If his employers are displeased with how he's handled the media spectacle here I reckon he'll have good reason to be on guard lest he mysteriously disappear.

Fay,
I am black and very proud to be. My parents are from Jamaica and I was born in the UK.

I found the film extremely compelling and there were so many black people in it talking about their experiences with regards to slavery.

It was clear that wasn't the slavery practised in the 18th or 19th century in the Americas or Europe. This is a lot more hidden, has developed in a different way but is as repressive and destructive of families as any other form of slavery.

This story was extremely painful to me because I am a descendant of slaves.

I speak Spanish so I could experience first hand the testimonies of the black people and see the pain in their faces. There were young girls expressing fear and anger to live in slavery.

The film is well crafted, interesting and really presents the situation in an unsentimental way.

Hey Andi, are you on FB? You'd probably turn up Stolen if you searched under Stolen on the Australian network; you might want to become a 'fan'. :-)