Trawler Girl
Life on the Edge (series 11)
Johannna Kwedi is Namibia’s first female trawler captain, with a crew of 23.
Life on the Edge
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In the Mayor's Footsteps - Peru
Life on the Edge
Helping young children have the right start in life: in Peru Mayor Amilcar believes that’s the forgotten path to peace and prosperity.
Nottingham Lace
Life on the Edge (series 11)
Once the Lace Market of Nottingham pounded to the Heavy Metal beat of its handmade lace-making machines... but no more. Cluny Lace is the last of its kind, still making world-famous beautiful lace with its old jacquard machines.
Hassan and the Graduates
Life on the Edge (series 11)
Months before the Egyptian uprising, this film explained some of the issues behind it -- young people without jobs or hope, and the desperate measures the government was taking to ease their plight.
Biker Boys of the Dirt Island
Life on the Edge (series 2)
Boniface is one of the founders of the motorcycle boys, a team of young men who used to steal from their neighbours, but now drive them around Korogocho on their motorbikes, for a fee.
Scent of the Streets
Life on the Edge (series 11)
Every big city has gangs of young people on the margins... in Lagos, Nigeria, it's the Area Boys, bands of children and teenagers who scratch a living from petty crime and the informal economy. But when you're an Area Girl, life can be even tougher...
Sorie K and the MDGs
Life on the Edge (series 2)
Still trying to make it as a world musician, Sorie Kondi, blind from birth, is worried about the future of his 14 year-old daughter Zainab.
Back in Business
Life (series 5)
Eleven years of civil war between 1991 and 2002 left Sierra Leone in ruins. Now the rebuilding has begun, and Sierra Leone is looking for outside investment to kick start its economy.
No Country for Young Girls
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Highlights the continuing practice of sex selection in India, which has resulted in a serious gender imbalance.
The Pied Piper of Eyasi
Life on the Edge (series 6)
The dilemma faced by a young hunter of the Hadza people in Tanzania, deciding whether to lead his people out of a traditional hunter-gatherer existence.
The Prince
Life on the Edge (series 6)
The efforts of a traditional feudal landowner to introduce the principles of the Millennium Development Goals to his village in Pakistan.
Running on Empty
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Highlights the problems of two young mothers living in two very different societies - Wales in the UK, and rural northern Ethiopia..
Three Sisters
Life on the Edge (series 6)
The problems faced by young women in Eritrea in readjusting to traditional village sex roles after living independent lives and serving as equals in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front.
The Unforgiven
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Issues faced by the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission in investigating war crimes committed during Liberia's brutal civil war.
Castro or Quit?
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Examining the global brain drain, this film highlights the pressure on young professionals in Venezuela to leave their country for greater material rewards abroad.
The Dilemma of the White Ant
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Investigates the issues raised by the war crimes justice processes in Uganda. Who are the real victims?
Edge of Islam
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Highlights the dilemma faced by young Muslims on the Kenyan island of Lamu - whether to compromise their beliefs in order to prosper in the westernised world.
Looking For My Gypsy Roots
Life on the Edge (series 6)
Explores the place of the Roma within the wider globalised world, as reflected in the experiences of a Hungarian film maker looking for his family.
In the Mayor's Footsteps - Brazil
Life on the Edge
Every year the Mina congregation in Sao Luis, Brazil, choose a child Emperor and Empress.
Looting the Pacific
Life on the Edge
Rampant industrial overfishing has decimated the jack mackerel, one of the world’s last great fisheries.