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Photo by: Peter Hutchens/Still Life Projects.
Photo by: Peter Hutchens/Still Life Projects. |
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Border Jumpers
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Along the border between unstable and destitute Zimbabwe, and relatively calm and prosperous Botswana, a 300-mile, 8-foot high electric fence is being erected. Every night, Botswana's armed soldiers try to stop border jumpers from climbing over or cutting through the fence in their desperate search for employment and food. "Border Jumpers" takes us inside the human drama behind this frontier flashpoint, profiling illegal immigrants threatened with repeated arrest and deportation, a cattle farmer who strongly supports the fence, and a journalist who reports daily on growing fears among Botswana's citizens that their 1.7 million people could be overrun by Zimbabwe's troubled 12 million.
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Co-Producer Peter Hutchens began his career as a staff videographer for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNELS, where he produced, shot, and edited a series of programs for international broadcast. His recent freelance experience includes producing and shooting episodes for SNAKE WRANGLERS, TABOO, MEGA-STRUCTURES, and other NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC series.
Co-Producer/DP Ryan Hill has experience shooting professionally in over 25 countries, with credits ranging from PBS to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC to DISCOVERY CHANNEL. He is currently producing an independent documentary following the trafficking of girls from rural Nepal to the brothels in Calcutta.
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