In the 1930s and 1940s, early Somali actors and film technicians co-operated with Italian crews to domestically produce Fascist films. Among the latter productions were ''Dub'aad
and Sentinels of Bronze
. The movie "Sentinels of Bronze" (Sentinelle di bronzo'') was awarded in the
Festival di Venezia of 1937 as the "Best Italian colonial Film", winning an Italian Cup. The film is a
propaganda work set in the days leading up to the outbreak of the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Topic In an incident modeled on the
Wal Wal incident, an Italian outpost is besieged by large numbers of
Abyssinian troops, but the garrison refuse to surrender. It was part of a series of films set in
Italy's African Empire during the Fascist era. ==Cast==