Desert strawberries

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Desert strawberries, is a 2021 Sahrawi movie, directed by Mohamed Sleiman Labat. with a runtime of 15 minutes.

Overview

Desert Strawberries is a poetic and deeply humane documentary by Sahrawi artist and visual poet Mohamed Sleiman Labat, tracing the remarkable emergence of small family gardens inside the Samara refugee camp in the harsh Hamada Desert. The film follows four families who have transformed barren patches of arid land into living green spaces, developing their own gardening practices and knowledge in one of Earth's most unforgiving climates — while their community continues to depend on international food aid. A quiet meditation on human agency, dignity, and the instinct to cultivate life wherever one finds oneself, Desert Strawberries is a visually distinctive and emotionally resonant portrait of resilience.

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