TERRA 801: Salma: A Wingless Nomad

Salma: A Wingless Nomad

Produced by Miguel Alonso Mira

This film presents the political conflict of Western Sahara through the fictional story of a young Sahrawi refugee whose only way of connecting with reality and the memories of her childhood is through the images of flamingos. For her, flamingos incarnate the freedom her people lost when, consecutively, Spain and Morocco invaded them. They also represent the nomadic tradition of her ancestors, a way of life that she romanticizes as the true identity of the Sahrawis. Salma: A Wingless Nomad won at the 2012 Montana CINE Festival for Best Student Narrative Fiction!

About Miguel Alonso Mira

After attaining his BS in Biology from the University of Málaga, Spain, in 2004, and his MS in Tropical Parasitic Diseases from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 2006, Miguel receives a grant from “la Caixa” Foundation to pursue graduate studies in the United States in 2008. His love for nature and his need to share it, push him to select a MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, graduating in 2012. Miguel’s goal is to produce films that offer something new, both visually and narratively.
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