Pakistan, July 29 -- Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has been receiving backlash for shooting 'The Odyssey' in the disputed Western Sahara region. Filming for the historical epic, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya, has been going on in Dakhla, a coastal city in Western Sahara. Western Sahara, a disputed territory classified as "non-self-governing" by the United Nations, has been mostly occupied by Morocco. The region is home to the indigenous Sahrawi people who have long been asking for independence from Morocco and control over the majority of the land. Soon after Christopher Nolan began filming parts of 'The Odyssey' in the region, the Western Sahara International Film Festival urged the filmmaker to stop productio...