BBC World
Kidnapped, drugged, and brainwashed, Nathaniel Sesay aka Mash P was forced into Sierra Leone's civil war aged 9. Forced to kill, Nathaniel is haunted by his past.
30 minute observational documentary. Co-producer WAYout Life inside the Emergency hospital, Sierra Leone, the only free trauma hospital in the country. Following the doctors, nurses and patients as they battle for life. From Ellie, almost cut in half by a minibus, to six year old Kadi who faces amputation following a broken bone and subsequent mistreatment.
Hitting 70, Katherine Holden decides to raise awareness about the threats facing old growth trees by climbing them in the Peruvian rainforest. On the journey taking a fresh look at gold mining and poverty.
Al Jazeera Witness
"Under the Neon" is an extraordinary journey below the surface of the bright lights of Las Vegas, to meet some of the city's homeless people who are battling to make a home for themselves under the streets of gold in the city's storm-drains and tunnels.
Award winning documentary about music in Sierra Leone post conflict.
Shot over six years, following the lives of a group of street youth in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Gang leader Yumyum was given his own camera and shot 100 hours of footage, brutal and candid.
BBC2
Not Forgotten weaves together poetry, prose archive and interviews to explore the resurfacing of war trauma in veterans of WW11. Focusing on Far East POWs nearing the end of their lives, many find past memories returning to haunt them.
Festivals/Britdocs/international broadcast
The story of Kimmie Weeks' return journey to his home in Liberia. Kimmie, a child rights activist, fled during the conflict and was given asylum in the USA. When Taylor fell from power, Kimmie went back. A journey of reconciliation and demons faced.
Multi award winning short about a shoe tree in California. Poetic exploration of why people feel the need to throw shoes into trees.
Intensive interaction is a way of communicating with those previously deemed unreachable- a way to make contact with the profoundly learning disabled, those with autism and even older people with dementia. Dr Suzanne Zeedyk visits Romania.
The film features exclusive interviews with DJs and managers, from Passion, Rinse, Origin, Kiss, Itch and many more. The film also gained exclusive access to some of the studios, locations and rooftops as pirates scaled a West London tower block at night to put up their rigs. Pirates have been integral to the UK's music scene, but also provide a hub for communities, opportunities for the excluded -- but they are illegal. They regularly fight the law, and keep coming back. Stay Sailing directed by Michael Chandler.
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