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Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place

201210.0 / 1057 min
Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Samira Hashi

Samira Hashi

Self - Host

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Ian Birchall

Ian Birchall

Online Editor

John Watts

John Watts

Additional Editing

Liz Homewood

Liz Homewood

Researcher

Steph Atkinson

Steph Atkinson

Producer

Emma White

Emma White

Production Manager

Daniel Piggott

Daniel Piggott

Sound Mixer

Paula Stringer

Paula Stringer

Production Executive

Charlie Laing

Charlie Laing

Additional Camera

Stephen Hobson

Stephen Hobson

Development Producer

Fred Scott

Fred Scott

Additional Camera

Darren Kemp

Darren Kemp

Location Production Assistant

Steph Atkinson

Steph Atkinson

Camera Operator

Georginia Madley

Georginia Madley

Development Producer

Datshiane Navanayagam

Datshiane Navanayagam

Producer's Assistant

Alex Dinnis

Alex Dinnis

Graphic Designer

Andrew Babbage

Andrew Babbage

Production Coordinator

Rob Unsworth

Rob Unsworth

Executive Producer

Steph Atkinson

Steph Atkinson

Director

Nigel Warbrick

Nigel Warbrick

Editor