Christopher Nolan’s next movie, The Odyssey, will be vastly different from his previous efforts, but are audiences ready for just how different?

Christopher Nolan has been asked to stop filming scenes from The Odyssey in the city of Dakhla, located in the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. Why has Christopher Nolan received backlash for filming The Odyssey in a controversial location?

Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of “The Odyssey" filmed in the Western Sahara, a disputed territory inhabited by the Indigenous Sahrawi people.

Christopher Nolan has courted controversy by, perhaps unwittingly, filming his Odyssey movie adaptation in a location that is politically problematic.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who is currently caught up with the production of The Odyssey has run into some fresh trouble. The Interstellar director is facing massive backlash for filming The Odyssey in the disputed African destination of Dakhla.