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Al Jazeera English - Witness: Holding the Line (Promo)

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Holding the Line (Promo)

Witness joins a group of Libyan rebel fighters defending the frontline in Misrata and uncovers an extraordinary portrait of ordinary men at war.
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Al Jazeera English - Witness: Holding the Line
Category: Documentaries
Regions: North Africa

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What is it like to fight on the frontline? Witness joins the 'Martyr's Brigade' fighting outside Misrata in Libya. 
 
Abubaker Maiteig was a teacher in the UK until footage of the siege of Misrata prompted him to return home. Now Abubaker, his brother Mohammed and the other men in his small unit live daily with the possibility of death, coping as best they can with the danger, stresses and routine boredoms of daily life in a revolutionary war. 
 
Holding the Line is an extraordinary portrait of ordinary citizens at war.
   

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Rageh Omaar and Ghida Fakhry present Witness, a half-hour documentary series which features short, specially commissioned or acquired films gathered from independent filmmakers.
 
Each documentary reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people, following their lives, telling their stories and portraying the challenges that confront them. Our witnesses are people in a situation or those who have observed them first hand.
 
The films cover conflict, belief, the past, and the future and, as well as bringing new stories to light, they showcase the talents of a new breed of multi-skilled, frontline journalist.

 

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