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Mingasson will lead an Arctic expedition to North Taymyr, Siberia, one of the most remote regions of the world. He is teaming up with an ethnologist to report on the vast cultural, social, economic and environmental changes the population is facing.
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Mingasson will lead an Arctic expedition to North Taymyr, Siberia, one of the most remote regions of the world. He is teaming up with an ethnologist to report on the vast cultural, social, economic and environmental changes the population is facing.
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With the same ruthless skill that it keeps its population in check and its enemies at bay, North Korea also keeps journalists in the dark. But another sketch of the country can be made from the outside, by tracing the contours of its borders.
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Support war journalist Patrick Chauvel to shed light on an underreported story in a country that cannot be named for security reasons. Chauvel wants to push the boundaries of story telling by using a brand new format: Condition ONE immersive video.
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Ramazzotti plans to investigate what is it like to be gay in today’s Afghanistan. Despite the new found freedom many Afghans are embracing, the Afghan homosexual community is still forced to hide. The law considers homosexuality a capital offense.
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In 2012, the US tobacco industry will be 400 years old. At the time, it was a symbol of freedom. Today, it is a global business exploiting people and the environment. This is the new chapter of a long-term documentation of the tobacco industry in the world.
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Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya, is a melting pot for the changing Caucasus society that is trying to overcome the trauma of two recent wars and find its own way of life in between traditional Chechen values, Muslim traditions, and globalization.
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The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline was the single greatest geopolitical victory for the West in the wake of the Cold War. The outcome is redefining a region. Amanda Rivkin hopes to return to the route to continue documenting the transformation.
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After his first crowdfunded trip to Brazil, Pina is now ready to enter the second phase of his work on Operation Condor, a military plan to eliminate the political opposition in South America. He wants to explore its legacy in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
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The popular revolution of January 25, 2011 revived a long lost sense of pride & strength for Egyptian people & its implications are reverberating across the Middle East. El-Tantawy plans to continue her journey across Egypt to discover it’s new identity.
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