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Release Date:
April 30, 2012
Original Title:
Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
BBC
Production Countries:
Somalia | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M GB: 12
Runtime: 57
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places in the world and the place she was born. Civil war broke out in 1991, 10 days after Samira's birth, but two years later her family managed to flee the country and she grew up in the UK.Now, as Samira and the war both turn 21, she's going back for the first time to visit the people and places she left behind. The contrast with her safe and glamorous life in London could not be starker as she experiences firsthand the war's effect on a generation of young people growing up in conflict.
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Additional Camera:
Charlie Laing
Fred Scott
Additional Editing:
John Watts
Camera Operator:
Steph Atkinson
Development Producer:
Stephen Hobson
Georginia Madley
Director:
Steph Atkinson
Editor:
Nigel Warbrick
Executive Producer:
Rob Unsworth
Graphic Designer:
Alex Dinnis
Location Production Assistant:
Darren Kemp
Online Editor:
Ian Birchall
Producer:
Steph Atkinson
Producer's Assistant:
Datshiane Navanayagam
Production Coordinator:
Andrew Babbage
Production Executive:
Paula Stringer
Production Manager:
Emma White
Researcher:
Liz Homewood
Sound Mixer:
Daniel Piggott
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