THE MARCH - Film released 1990 starring Juliet Stevenson, Malick Bowens, Dermot Crowley, Joseph Mydell, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Sverre Anker Ousdal.....A North African messiah (Bowens) leads an exodus toward Europe to protest third world poverty and an EC commissioner (Stevenson) must try to resolve things before they get out of hand. This is essentially a British movie that was backed by literally a score of public broadcasters from all over the world including the CBC. sc: William Nicholson. dir: David Wheatley. 100 min.
Cannot see it in print in the UK or US but I will let you know if I find it.