07 Feb 2012
Kif Kif , Siciliani di Tunisia
A story about the migration from Sicily to Tunisy over the unity of Italy.
Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
After 18 years away Samira is going back to her birthplace, Somalia.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Samira Hashi Self - Host
Scarlett Johansson Narrator (voice)
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