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The award winning Exodus by Sorious Samura investigates
the attempts made by thousands of Africans to enter Europe illegally
each year in search of a better life. In the documentary Samura
travels to Mali, the Sahara Desert, Morocco and Spain as he follows
West African exiles attempting to make their way to the "promised
land" of Europe. He talks to refugees along the length of the route
and reports on the hardships that compel them to embark on this
perilous journey, fleeing from their native lands.
Struggle for Islam by Christiane Amanpour examines the many
faces of Islam, through interviews with eminent scholars and practicing
Muslims across the globe. It endeavours to find out how a religion
that was at the heart of a flowering civilization, passing new ideas
about medicine and architecture to the West during the Dark Ages,
evolved in the modern era.
Beneath the Veil which won Saira Shah the award for 'Outstanding
Investigative Journalism – Long Form', traces her journey to her
ancestral home in Afghanistan, and takes a look at life under the
iron rule of the Taliban. Using secret footage, hidden cameras and
with unprecedented access, Shah shows viewers the ruins of Kabul,
public executions and the forbidden underground network of women
struggling to survive. From the frontlines to the forbidden classrooms,
the execution grounds to the ruined gardens of Shah’s father’s homeland,
this film takes a searing and disturbing look into the Afghanistan
of Taliban rule.
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