The March

May 22, 1990

1h 40m

★ 7.0

We are poor because you are rich.

Overview

A group of several thousand Africans migrate westward across northern Africa and sail across the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe. Their message is: "We are poor because you are rich."

Genres

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Isa El-Mahdi

Malick Bowens

Clare Fitzgerald

Juliet Stevenson

Roy Cox

Dermot Crowley

Woman in Studio

Mary Duddy

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