Off The Grid
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Off The Grid is a character-driven highly produced documentary series that tells compelling human stories from across the globe.
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Kenya – Fighting for Water | Off The Grid Documentary
January 19, 2023 14:08 - 26 minutes VideoAs Kenya battles its worst drought in decades, Off the Grid travels to the most affected parts of a country where climate change is a reality and people are fighting for survival. Watch more episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUW304lJeu3VO2Ucasj8kk1NokTDcrSWQ
Ukraine Wartime Diaries | Off The Grid Documentary
October 06, 2022 16:45 - 40 minutes VideoAs Russian troops withdraw, the brutality of their occupation in Ukraine is revealed. Liberated areas become crime scenes and suspicion of war crimes starts to emerge. Under the laws of war, civilians should have been protected, but instead it looks like they were targeted. Some were held captive, others were killed or left for dead. Off The Grid follows local and international teams in their search for justice Off The Grid is TRT World's multi-award-winning current affairs and investigati...
Bosnia: A Frozen Reconciliation | Off The Grid
April 29, 2022 16:15 - 26 minutes VideoAs a new war rages in Europe, the ghosts of an old one are resurfacing. Almost three decades after guns went silent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, survivors of sexual violence and their unwanted children are still facing discrimination. Off The Grid met some of them. #BosniandHerzegovina #Conflict #Sexualviolence Watch more episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUW304lJeu3VO2Ucasj8kk1NokTDcrSWQ
Lebanon, Between Two Evils | Off The Grid Documentary
November 30, 2021 19:19 - 26 minutes VideoAs Lebanon is falling apart, so are its people. It's a perfect scenario for criminal gangs. Off the Grid meets the people who are resorting to crime to survive. Once dubbed the Switzerland of the Middle East, Lebanon now lacks basically everything from fuel to medicine. Being smuggled into war-torn Syria next door only makes things worse. But one commodity is widely available: weapons. We explore how the rise of poverty has led to a surge in violence in a country where life is becoming ha...
Black and Blue, Policing the Police
June 09, 2021 16:50 - 1 minute VideoSince George Floyd’s murder more than 180 other black Americans have been killed by the police. Is US law enforcement capable of meaningful reform or have all the Black Lives Matter protests been in vain? Off The Grid investigates whether the culture of racism within US law enforcement is simply too deeply embedded to change. Black and Blue, Policing the Police is coming soon on TRTWorld #PliceBrutality #BLM
Syria's Imprisoned Women - Surviving Torture | Off The Grid
May 02, 2021 14:41 - 24 minutes VideoThousands of women are still going through hell inside the Syrian regime's detention centres. Many more died, and only a few have managed to get out alive. Off the Grid speaks to survivors who are willing to tell their story so that justice can be done.
EXCLUSIVE - From Darfur to Khartoum: Inside the recruitment of Sudanese forced mercenaries
December 30, 2020 17:01 - 26 minutes VideoEXCLUSIVE: Darfur, a region cut off from the world. A volatile area that still bears the scars of genocide. Many are looking for a better future elsewhere. A quest that led them to battlefields in Libya. Some are tricked. Others are trapped. All are forced to kill. MORE: From Darfur to the capital Khartoum, we've uncovered ruthless recruiting networks and spoken to those who risked a terrifying escape to break free from a conflict that isn't theirs. Abdelrazak went to look for gold. But he ...
Malaysia's plastic jungle | Off The Grid | Documentary
August 20, 2020 16:33 - 24 minutes VideoMalaysia's Plastic Jungle investigates the consequences of illegal foreign plastic waste recycling on Malaysian people's health and environment. And meet the people who refuse to be the world's dumping ground. #plasticwaste #Malaysia #dumpingground Watch more episodes of Off The Grid here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUW304lJeu3VO2Ucasj8kk1NokTDcrSWQ
South Asia, The Unaffordable lockdown | On The Map Coronavirus Editions
May 22, 2020 11:57 - 12 minutes VideoFrom the slums of India to Pakistan’s hospitals and Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps… The majority of people across South Asia simply can’t afford life under lockdown. Pakistan lifted its lockdown earlier this month, but India and Bangladesh have extended theirs until the end of the month. Our special edition On The Map, South Asia The unaffordable lockdown took an in-depth look at the impact of the coronavirus in South Asia. The unaffordable lockdown is part of our Documentary Series: On...
Africa's lockdown dilemma - Coronavirus Editions - On The Map
May 05, 2020 16:58 - 13 minutes VideoSome African countries have implemented lockdowns to contain the coronavirus, but others fear these measures could be more deadly than the virus itself. #africa #coronavirusinafrica #coronavirusafrica
Fighting on Two Fronts | Coronavirus Editions - On The Map
April 30, 2020 16:26 - 14 minutes VideoAs much of the world has shut down to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we look at conflict zones... where people are now fighting on two fronts. We got rare access to Northern Syria, where millions are cramped in squalid camps... and where COVID-19 is just another catastrophe waiting to happen. In Yemen, the health system has collapsed after 5 years of war. Clean hands and drinkable water are a privilege, and wearing a mask is a luxury. In Libya, virus or no virus, the civil war continues. Wa...
On the Map - Coronavirus Editions – Latin America
April 28, 2020 12:17 - 11 minutes VideoAs the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across Latin America, not all political leaders have the same views on how to combat the virus. From war zones in the Middle East to favelas and indigenous communities in South America. And from African megacities to South Asia refugee camps, as the coronavirus pandemic rages Off The Grid flagship documentary series puts the most vulnerable people On The Map. #OnTheMap #Covid19 #Coronavirus
Serbia - Missing Babies | Off The Grid | Documentary
February 18, 2020 13:52 - 26 minutes VideoSerbia Missing Babies has been highly commended at the 2020 London AIBs. The Association of International Broadcasting rewarded a "moving tale with a strong narrative." Hundreds of Serbian parents are looking for their child that has gone missing. Their story is similar: a baby declared dead a few hours or days after birth. But no body, no grave and major inconsistencies in the documents…All these parents believe their baby has been stolen and given away for illegal adoption… Off The Grid fo...
Iran - Under sanctions | Off The Grid | Documentary
October 29, 2019 12:43 - 26 minutes VideoA few weeks before unprecedented protests against the regime, Off the Grid met Iranian people inside and outside the capital to talk about the effect of US sanctions. And found out that people’s anger was not only directed at the old enemy. #Iran #Sanctions #Medicalsector #Zarif #Hosseinsheikoleslam
Beaten by the Border | Croatia/ Off The Grid | Documentary
July 25, 2019 17:40 - 26 minutes VideoOff the Grid investigates how migrants are abused and robbed on the Croatian-Bosnian border, as they try and reach Europe for a better life. We uncover new evidence of illegal deportations and hear firsthand how people are physically assaulted trying to reach the EU.
Kashmir: Fault Lines in the Valley | Off The Grid | Documentary
June 13, 2019 12:24 - 25 minutes VideoOff the Grid goes to India-administered Kashmir where daily humiliation by Indian forces seems to be pushing more and more people towards militancy. The episode features an interview with the father of the Pulwama suicide bomber, testimonies of pellet-gun victims (Including an 18 month old girl), and a Kashmiri student who was forced to leave his campus after retaliatory attacks on Kashmiris following the Pulwama attack. #Article370 #Kashmir #India #documentary
Off The Grid - Jarablus rising from the ashes
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 14 minutes VideoAward winner: Outstanding Documentary Production at BroadcastPro Middle East Awards, Dubai 2017 An exclusive report on the Syrian city of Jarablus, which is rebuilding itself a year after the city was liberated from Daesh Production team: Alexandra Pauliat, Mouhssine Ennaimi, Alican Ayanlar, Semir Sejfovic, Oguz Atabas Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.wor...
Off The Grid - Silent Death on a Syrian Journey
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 15 minutes VideoThis documentary was nominated for the International Emmy Awards in 2018. He already won the Investigative Medium Award 2018 at the DIG Awards in Italy and is now part of the official 2020 selection of Los Angeles International Film Festival. We expose a booming illegal trade in the Middle East: organ trafficking. Producer/Director Mouhssine Ennaimi visits Lebanon where hundreds of thousands of desperately poor Syrians have taken refuge. With little money for food and shelter, Abu Ahmed and ...
Off The Grid - Syria’s Slaughterhouses
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 24 minutes VideoThe AIBs (Association of International Broadcasting) highly commends Syria’s Slaughterhouses documentary for its rare access to men and women who survived years of torture inside Syria’s prisons. The recognition was given in London, UK in November 2018. “Syria’s slaughterhouses” provides a rare insight into Bashar Al-Assad’s detention system. Including the account of a former guard of Saydnaya, the most infamous prison in Syria. Prisoners are sent there to die and have to endure constant tort...
Off The Grid - Taiz, Yemen's Wounded City
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 14 minutes VideoOff the Grid gained exclusive access to Yemen’s main front line… The besieged city of Taiz Some civilians like Nadhem took weapons to defend their city. While others like Abdulrahman, Marwan and Abdulkalfi are trying to carry on with their life among rubble. Life in Yemen’s second most city is getting tougher and people are struggling. Food prices have skyrocketed, black-market oil’s price is booming. The few hospitals that are still operating are overwhelmed. And don’t have the means to de...
Off the Grid – Thailand Ghost Citizens
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 26 minutes VideoRemember the Thai cave rescue? When trapped children were miraculously saved? The story gripped the world… But there is something you weren’t told. When the 12 players and their coach got out. Thailand realised that some of its new heroes were not Thai citizens. TRT world OFF THE GRID documentaries series travelled there to find out more about the people that some are calling ‘The invisibles’. #OffTheGrid #GhostCitizens #CaveRescue
Off The Grid - The Face of Hate, Anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 14 minutes VideoAfter the latest round of violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka, Off the Grid went there to meet some of the victims and the hardline Buddhist monk accused of fueling the attacks. #OffTheGrid #SriLanka #antimuslimviolence
Off the Grid - The sacrifice of migrants
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 25 minutes VideoOff the Grid meets the survivors of a dramatic boat rescue who got separated during the operation. Months later, they still haven’t been reunited. #OffTheGrid #migrants
Off the Grid - The Yellow Vests, Driven by despair
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 25 minutes VideoOff the Grid meets people who put on their yellow vests to find out the cause of the protests #FranceProtests #YellowVests #ParisRiots
Off The Grid - Unwanted, The Rohingya Exodus
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 14 minutes VideoHalf a million Rohingya Muslims have been forced to flee Myanmar and now live in camps in neighbouring Bangladesh, with not much hope to return. Off The Grid met some of them at the border. Production team: Alexandra Pauliat, Shamim Chowdhury, Nicolas Davies-Jones, Ilkay Erkoc, Engin Uzun Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our websit...
Off The Grid - Haven of despair
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 13 minutes VideoSeeking asylum in the UK can be a long and painful process that leads many to detention. Off the Grid meets some former detainees who spent years behind bars. #OffTheGrid #asylum #immigration
Off the Grid - Gaza, Marching for a Dream
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 15 minutes VideoMore than a year after the start of the Great March of Return, we met the people risking it all for the right to return to the land of their ancestors. #OffTheGrid #Gaza #GreatMarchOfReturn
Off The Grid - Europe's Narco City
May 23, 2019 14:01 - 13 minutes VideoLa Linea is a Spanish coastal city built on the drug trade. Smugglers and policemen often come from the same street. Off the Grid met people on both sides of the divide. #OffTheGrid #DrugSmuggle #Europe
Off The Grid - Venezuela on the edge
November 21, 2017 11:08 - 13 minutes VideoDeadly protests, food shortage and hyperinflation. Off The Grid travels to Venezuela to find out how the country with the world largest oil reserves can be heading towards a breaking. Production team: Alexandra Pauliat, Mouhssine Ennaimi, Christopher Healy, Anelise Borges Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world
Off The Grid - Agadez, The Migrant Mirage
November 21, 2017 11:07 - 12 minutes VideoAgadez, is at the heart of Europe migrant crisis. The last stop for West Africans before the most dangerous leg of their journey: crossing the Sahara desert. Europe wants to stop them from coming. And Niger is now trying to stop them from going. We went to Agadez to meet the people risking it all to fulfill their European dream. And those still trying to smuggle them into Libya despite the government crackdown. Production team: Nicole Johnston, Sara Monetta, Mouhssine Ennaimi and Alexandra ...
Off The Grid - Guantanamo, Inside America’s dark prison
November 21, 2017 11:07 - 14 minutes VideoTRT World travels to Guantanamo to find out whether President Trump’s plan to fill the controversial prison up with “bad dudes” will help or harm the US so-called ‘war on terror’. Production team: Alexandra Pauliat, Anelise Borges, Engin Uzun Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter: http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram Visit our website: http://trt.world #OffTheGrid #Guantanamo #pr...