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May 14, 2021

Season 22

01. Dying for Democracy

A report from Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, as young protestors risk everything to defy the military junta's coup. As the death toll in the city mounts, cameras witness the early optimism and hope of a protest movement disintegrate as the security services launch a brutal crackdown on unarmed civilians. The Myanmar government says it is responding to protests that harm the stability of the nation, using non-lethal force. However, as pressure to release political prisoners and journalists intensifies, so does the bloody crackdown.

24min
May 14, 2021

02. Uprooted by Crisis

Violent hurricanes and severe drought have decimated once fertile areas of Central America, with the region's rural poor worst affected. Hunger and child malnourishment is widespread, prompting an exodus of migrants to the United States. Reporter Guillermo Galdos tracks the journey of Gonzalo, who desperate to give his family a better life, risks his own by employing a network of people smugglers to illegally enter the US. The film reveals how climate migrants have become a valuable commodity in a booming trade and in a region controlled by crime cartels, some are paying the ultimate price.

24min
May 21, 2021

03. Thailand's Tiger Kingpins

On the front line of the battle to save Thailand's wild tigers from poachers and smugglers.

24min
May 28, 2021

04. New York

Krishnan Guru-Murthy explores New York's epidemic of homelessness

24min
June 14, 2021

05. Love Under Siege

In Maiduguri in Nigeria, couples wed despite Covid and terrorists laying siege to the city.

24min
June 18, 2021

06. Beaten Back

In Serbia, Seyi Rhodes meets the migrants who are being beaten back from the EU border

24min
June 25, 2021

07. Girls Who Surf

Meet the young female surfers riding the waves of change and seeking new roles in Senegal.

24min
November 19, 2021