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STOLEN CHILDHOODS: CHILD BRIDES IN ETHIOPIA (8’ 39”)

MIGRATION: THE HARD ROAD THROUGH MEXICO (6’ 29”)

LAOS: THE WAR ON DRUGS
(7’ 02”)

Millions of girls around the world – some as young as five years old – find their fates sealed by early marriages. We travel to Ethiopia – the country with the highest rate of child marriage anywhere in the world – to live life with a child bride.

This segment was named Best Feature Report in the 2007 CNN World Report Awards competition and Best Foreign Short Doc Film.in the 2007 Moondance Film Festival in California.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Central America enter Mexico every year hoping to reach the United States. It’s a dangerous journey fueled only by the desperate dream of a better life.

Laos – once the heart of the Golden Triangle. Tens of thousands addicted to opium. Our cameras will take you to the frontline of Laos’s war on drugs as one country confronts its dangerous legacy.

ABOUT THE SERIES
UNTV's series of 12 x 26' news-magazine programmes puts a spotlight on the world's most underreported stories. Each episode features 2-3 character-driven, human interest stories that reflect some of the most important issues affecting the world, and our lives today. Our cameras offer unique and often unparalleled access to people and places and stays to bring you the stories as they unfold over time, long after other news outlets leave. From the child labour situation in Tanzania to the woman's struggle in Afghanistan, from the poverty streets in Somalia to the frontline of the guerilla war in Colombia, this series brings home the stories viewers care about, but rarely see. Presented as a fully-packaged programme, and also available by feature segment (approximately 8' each), 21st Century incorporates narrative storytelling with balanced, accurate reporting and is adaptable to local languages. Currently fifty international broadcasters air the magazine monthly, including BBC World and RTVE.

Trailer of Programme 1

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