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An Unfinished Symphony https://youtu.be/VllbifRKR5s “I honestly believe that music can bring people together. Music is a universal language” In this film you get to follow the two South African musicians; Tsepo Pooe, who grew up in Soweto Township; and Lize Schaap, who grew up in wealthy Pretoria. They are both part of a very special…

Lost and Found https://youtu.be/_hspKngQ-3E “If they lose a child, it is like a double persecution” In the chaos of the world’s largest refugee camp, Kamal Hussein is a beacon of hope. From his small ramshackle hut, and armed only with a microphone, he has taken it upon himself to try and reunite the thousands of…

Lost and Found https://youtu.be/_hspKngQ-3E “If they lose a child, it is like a double persecution” In the chaos of the world’s largest refugee camp, Kamal Hussein is a beacon of hope. From his small ramshackle hut, and armed only with a microphone, he has taken it upon himself to try and reunite the thousands of…

The Lost Forest https://youtu.be/aDoanNM7O_s “The local people know of nobody in the surrounding communities who have ever been up to the forest” How would natural habitats develop without human interference? In this documentary we follow an international team of scientists and explorers on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to reach a forest that no human…

Still Human https://youtu.be/FH1sxAd7xVU “Losing a leg made me view myself as the least valuable person in the world” In 1998, Makur Diet in war-damaged South Sudan lost his leg to a bullet. Despairing for his future, Makur was close to committing suicide, until he was given a prosthetic leg. Makur realised that he now had…

Still Human https://youtu.be/FH1sxAd7xVU “Losing a leg made me view myself as the least valuable person in the world” In 1998, Makur Diet in war-damaged South Sudan lost his leg to a bullet. Despairing for his future, Makur was close to committing suicide, until he was given a prosthetic leg. Makur realised that he now had…

Still Human https://youtu.be/FH1sxAd7xVU “Losing a leg made me view myself as the least valuable person in the world” In 1998, Makur Diet in war-damaged South Sudan lost his leg to a bullet. Despairing for his future, Makur was close to committing suicide, until he was given a prosthetic leg. Makur realised that he now had…

Into the Fire https://youtu.be/F_5Lp6teKd8 “One wrong step will cost me my life” In an area of Iraq destroyed by ISIS, Hana Khider leads an all-female team of Yazidi deminers in their attempts to clear the land of mines. Their job involves painstakingly searching for booby traps in bombed out buildings and fields, where one wrong…

The Nobel Prize, National Geographic Documentary Films and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel have collaborated on a 5-part short documentary series, celebrating the ongoing impact and influence of Nobel Peace Prize laureates around the world. Watch the films here. Still Human “Losing a leg made me view myself as the least valuable person in…