Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
“After 18 years away Samira is going back to her birthplace, Somalia.”
2012•M•57m•10.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Steph Atkinson
Studio
BBC
Cast
Samira Hashi
Self - Host
Scarlett Johansson
Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
BBC
Producer
Steph Atkinson
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