Season 22
7 episodes · 2021
1Dying 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.
2Uprooted 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.
3Thailand's Tiger Kingpins
On the front line of the battle to save Thailand's wild tigers from poachers and smugglers.
4New Yorkfinale
Krishnan Guru-Murthy explores New York's epidemic of homelessness
5Love Under Siege
In Maiduguri in Nigeria, couples wed despite Covid and terrorists laying siege to the city.
6Beaten Back
In Serbia, Seyi Rhodes meets the migrants who are being beaten back from the EU border
7Girls Who Surf
Meet the young female surfers riding the waves of change and seeking new roles in Senegal.
