Kenya Sexploited / 2022
#Kenya

Coastal Kenya is a popular destination for sex tourists from around the world who come in search of love. European women, known as ‘sugar mamas’, approach local boys for sex. Older girlfriends provide them with money and presents.

Finding a white woman is often the fastest way to get out of poverty for many families. Some even encourage their children to skip school and look for tourists who can care for family needs. Some of the prostitute boys are as young as ten when they start providing sexual favours to tourists.

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Children of the Front / 2016
#CentralAfricanRepublic

In the Central African Republic, thousands of children have joined violent militias – either by force, or by choice. Since 2013, the country has been locked in civil war, with several disparate groups fighting each other.

Some kids have joined the Christian Anti-balaka group and wear elaborate amulets to protect them against guns. Others fight for Seleka Muslim rebels with AK-47s.

As part of a UNICEF-led effort to free child soldiers over the years, thousands of underage soldiers have left the groups. However, children traumatised by war have to go through a rehabilitation process before going home.

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Roboboy / 2017
#Bolivia

Esteban Quispe Churata is a self-taught inventor from Bolivia. He creates robots from scrap, including a real-life Wall-E from Pixar’s animated film. Esteban collects electrical wires, metal sheets and other e-waste from a local rubbish dump. In his native Patacamaya, Esteban’s talent turned him into a local celebrity.
Now Esteban studies robotics and hopes to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.

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Future: In the Crosshairs / 2020

It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to reach the 1 billion mark. Then, in just 200 years, it grew to seven billion. With the global population expected to grow, overpopulation is becoming a concern. So are climate change, pandemics and other disaster scenarios of the near future.

Today marks World Population Day. Check out this documentary to learn if the world can change to avoid a catastrophe.

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Knockout Girls / 2016
#Pakistan

In Pakistan’s conservative society, girls are expected to prepare for married life, learn how to cook and raise children. So they definitely aren’t supposed to box! But in the first boxing club for girls in the capital Karachi, they pull no punches.

For Pakistani girls, boxing is more than a sport. It gives them freedom, empowerment and confidence to stand up for themselves. Unfortunately, Pakistan ranks among the most dangerous countries for women regarding domestic violence.

Visit this unique place and meet the girls who defy expectations in the profoundly patriarchal state.

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Find My General / 2020
#Russia #France

Napoleon’s lost friend, General Gudin, finally come home to rest, after having gone missing for over 200 years in Russia, on this day in 2021.

Charles Gudin de la Sablonniere was Napoleon Bonaparte’s school friend and an acclaimed revolutionary general. He broke the Emperor’s heart when he was killed at the beginning of the calamitous 1812 Russia campaign. Gudin’s grave was then lost until, incredibly, a Franco-Russian team of archeologists found it in Smolensk, Western Russia, in the summer of 2019.

Who was this special Napoleonic General and who found his remains in Russia - in the documentary, Find My General!

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Dr Donbass: Living on the edge / 2022
#Donbass #Ukraine

‘Did you see the guy with his guts spilling out? The wounded one who was carried in just now? The intelligence guys were on their way to perform a mission. But, unfortunately, the enemy opened up mortar fire, and the guy was unlucky,’ says a Russian serviceman about his comrade.

A piece of shrapnel ripped open his stomach. But he’ll be OK. The doctors here fight for life every day. They removed the damaged tissues, and the patient will be evacuated for further medical treatment and rehabilitation later. So this story will have a happy ending.

This is just one of the cases Donbass doctors see on the job as they have to attend to service members and civilians injured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They have to work practically on the frontline, in destroyed buildings, and with limited resources. Yet, they find the strength to carry on. Watch Dr Donbass: Living on the Edge to learn more about them.

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Ready, Steady, Goat! / 2015
#Kyrgyzstan

Kok Boru is more popular than football in Kyrgyzstan. This ancient sport played by nomads is similar to polo, except teams play with a decapitated goat instead of a ball. Teams of ten men on horseback compete for control of its body and score by placing it in the opponents’ goal - a large concrete kazan, or pot.

Kok Boru is quite a sight that draws large crowds. This traditional sport is undergoing a revival and can be seen in Central Asian countries. In Afghanistan, it’s called Buzkashi. Some say it gets too violent and brutal. But you decide for yourself.

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Cyberbullies / 2016

We constantly see offensive, hateful, and threatening comments on social media. But why are people so mean and nasty to strangers online?

Anonymity and lack of accountability make it a perfect storm for online rudeness. Your looks, habits, and how you talk can become the subject of online harassment nowadays. Cyberbullying can affect a person emotionally and physically, from feeling sad to losing sleep and developing anxiety. Online bullying can be tough on teenagers, putting some at risk of self-harm or suicide.

Sixteen years ago, Twitter was launched. Unfortunately, the social platform is often used in cyberbullying.

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Russophobia: History of Hate / 2022
#Russia #Europe

‘Dark, barbaric and savage’ is how rulers and philosophers in the West have portrayed Russia throughout history. The image lives on and flourishes in the media and popular culture.

The documentary traces the origins of the anti-Russian narrative and explores who benefits from the idea of an ‘irrational and dangerous nation’. It also takes a look at how the anti-Russian sentiment spread across Europe.

Researchers, historians and writers talk about the shaping of Western disdain for Russia from the Great Schism to contemporary anti-Russia hysteria.

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On Deck, Offline / 2018
#Russia

Set sail aboard one of the largest sailing ships in the world, the Kruzenshtern! Cadets from the Baltic State Fishing Fleet Academy leave home and family for their first big voyage.

Not only do trainees learn the ropes, but they also gain life lessons. Check out how young cadets master seafaring arts and navigate the North Sea.

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Madman of the Cathedral / 2016
#Spain

Former Spanish monk, Justo Gallego Martinez, spent 60 years building his own cathedral. But, according to Don Justo, he had no blueprint or even drawings in mind. Instead, he was relying on proportions and intuition.

Some considered Don Justo a saint; others say he was crazy. He started the construction after tuberculosis forced him to leave a Trappist order. The former monk devoted almost all his life and most of his family inheritance to the cathedral.

Don Justo’s cathedral wasn’t completed during his lifetime. He died at the age of 96 in 2021.

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Reaping Divine Justice / 2019
#SouthAfrica

Every year, on July 18, Mandela Day celebrates and commemorate the legacy of South Africa's first Black president. Nelson Mandela brought an end to the segregationist policies of the country’s apartheid system.

Unfortunately, racial disparities in income, jobs and land ownership remain. White South Africans, who make up just 8 percent of the population, still own 72% of all rural land.

In 2019, the ruling African National Congress wanted to redress historical injustices through land reform. Their plans, however, sparked heated debate and wave of violence against white-owned farms.

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Dr Donbass: Behind the Frontline / 2022
#Donbass

'Here’s our dressing station. This is the projectile’s landing spot. You can see it’s very close. So the distance is small, about 10-15 meters. Almost all hospital windows are broken. All the right wing. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Everything here happens with such rumblings,' says Ivan, a 25-year-old surgeon from Donbass. He came as a member of a group to provide medical assistance to the wounded and injured in action. He decided to become a surgeon in his 3rd year of medical school; this job was his chance to test his skills.

'The deaths that we’ve faced, that I faced myself, the guys died because…for different reasons. You realise that if we had one more hour, he would have been [alive]… And right now, because it happened that way, he’s gone. Life is a very fragile thing,' says Ivan.

Learn more stories about the heroic routine of Donbass doctors in Dr Donbass: Behind the Frontline

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