Untouched by the West
An epic about the resistance against the white colonists and the development of a young African hunter in the Sahara. In the 1920s, in the desert of northern Chad, shortly before French colonization.…
Untouched by the West
An epic about the resistance against the white colonists and the development of a young African hunter in the Sahara. In the 1920s, in the desert of northern Chad, shortly before French colonization. Alifa, a young African, survives a 'rezzou,' a raid carried out by fearsome warriors. Dehydrated, Alifa is taken in by a group of hunters-nomads. Little by little, he manages to earn their acceptance, without denying his own origins. As an adult, Alifa becomes a free man, unattached, always ready to leave, to abandon everything. He is one of the few inhabitants of the Sahara who refuses to submit to the Westerners-the Nçara (the French). He rises to become a respected guide.
Untouched by the West
Adventure,Documentary,Drama
Film Details
An epic about the resistance against the white colonists and the development of a young African hunter in the Sahara. In the 1920s, in the desert of northern Chad, shortly before French colonization. Alifa, a young African, survives a 'rezzou,' a raid carried out by fearsome warriors.
Dehydrated, Alifa is taken in by a group of hunters-nomads. Little by little, he manages to earn their acceptance, without denying his own origins. As an adult, Alifa becomes a free man, unattached, always ready to leave, to abandon everything.
He is one of the few inhabitants of the Sahara who refuses to submit to the Westerners-the Nçara (the French). He rises to become a respected guide..