The March (1990 film)

*The March*
The March
Genre	Drama
Written by	William Nicholson
Directed by	David Wheatley
Starring	Juliet Stevenson; Malick Bowens; Joseph Mydell; Sverre Anker Ousdal;
Composer	Richard Hartley
Production
Cinematography	John Hooper
Running time	100
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	20 May 1990

The March is a 1990 British drama film directed by David Wheatley that was originally aired by BBC One for "One World Week". The plot concerns a charismatic Muslim leader from the Sudan who leads 250,000 Africans on a 3,000-mile march towards Europe with the slogan "We are poor because you are rich."^[2]

Reception

The film's production resulted in complaints from French author Jean Raspail, alleging similarities to his 1973 novel, The Camp of the Saints. The film's producers claimed to have no knowledge of Raspail's novel when they began their project, however.^[3]

Notes

^ BBC
^ Caldwell, Christopher. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe New York: Doubleday, 2009. p. 7
^ Connelly, Matthew, and Paul Kennedy. "Must It Be the Rest Against the West?" The Atlantic Monthly, Dec 1994. Retrieved 17 May 2015: [1]

External links

The March at IMDb

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[1] BBC

[2] Caldwell, Christopher. Reflections on the Revolution in Europe New York: Doubleday, 2009. p. 7

[3] Connelly, Matthew, and Paul Kennedy. "Must It Be the Rest Against the West?" The Atlantic Monthly, Dec 1994. Retrieved 17 May 2015: [1]

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