Sahara Secrets: The Tough Lives of the World’s Harshest Desert | Free Documentary
For centuries colonialists have bypassed the Sahara. The largest sand desert on the planet was too hot and too impenetrable. Now, Europe seems to have shifted its southern border to the Sahara in order to stop migration and combat terrorism. How do the inhabitants of the Sahara feel about this interference? In Sahara, a new three episode series, Bram Vermeulen crosses the desert from west to east, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. He experiences the heat, the dangers of advancing jihadism, the desperation of migrants, the hidden world of slavery, uncovers human trafficking networks and he meets with locals in one of the most inhospitable places on earth.
A brutal, raw and unflinching look at life at the edge of the Great Desert. The beauty and ruggedness of this region comes right out of your screen as you watch life unfold in Mauritania, Mali, Niger. Just be aware, that it is not for the faint of heart. The people interviewed, often at great personal risk, reveal many deeply personal, traumatic and unfathomable truths about their own lives. And as they do, you cannot help but emotionally follow and feel the highs, lows and everything in between.
