Breathtaking documentary on the nomads of Western Sahara, a disputed territory of which 20% is occupied by Sahrawi and 80% by Morocco.

It is the most arid and inhospitable place on earth. Its surface area is about 266,000 square kilometres, comprising entirely of desert. Most of the people belong to the Berber tribes.

Western Sahara is situated on the north western edge of Africa, with Mauritania and Morocco as its neighbours.

Since its entirely desert, most of the travel is by camels and it could take days to go from one place to another. Camel trade does take place and trade does take place on camels. The documentary dwells on the elaborate marriage ceremony between two families, their customs, gifts, dowries, food, elaborate rituals etc.

Life does prevail even in such harsh conditions like lizards and snakes are able to adapt to the extreme heat of the place. Some little vegetation does take place. There are some ancient hieroglyphs to be found on rocks but nobody has apparently a clue as to what it means or depicts. Ancient wonders do exist even in such marginal place.

The documentary is full on narrative fashion, with very little dialogues or interviews of the people. Still it is a good documentary to watch and you can watch it here