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Dying to Leave
Thursday, September 25, 2003
This two-hour WIDE ANGLE special explores the current worldwide boom in illicit migration. Every year, an estimated two to four million people are shipped in containers, shepherded through sewage pipes, secreted in car chassis, and ferried across frigid waters. Others travel on legitimate carriers but with forged documents. An alarming number of these migrants end up in bondage, forced to work as prostitutes, thieves, or as laborers in sweatshops. By listening to the voices of those who pulled up their roots, who risked all, the film will put a human face on what might otherwise be seen as statistical, overwhelming and remote. Focusing on five major stories whose journeys traverse 16 countries from Colombia to China, from Mexico to Moldova this documentary will look into the circumstances that drove these migrants from their homes, describe the difficulties involved in their epic journeys and reveal what awaits them in their new world.
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Director Chris Hilton, an award-winning documentary producer and director, is a partner in Hilton Cordell Productions, a prominent Australian production company. His credits include DEALING WITH THE DEMON, a three-hour series for ABC and PBS about the international history of the illicit opium and heroin trade; SHADOW PLAY, a feature-length film on the Indonesian massacres; and "Bitter Harvest," an investigation of the growing drug trade in Central Asia, that premiered in WIDE ANGLE's first season.
Director Aaron Woolf has made documentaries about art, science, politics, and sports, all of which reflect his interest in how global events affect individual lives. His film GREENER GRASS: CUBA, BASEBALL AND THE UNITED STATES won a 2001 Rockie Award at Banff and was broadcast nationally on PBS. Another feature film, ART AND RACING, was a winner at Wine Country Film Festival and broadcast on the Sundance Channel.
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