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Meet the Stans
TV series · 1 season
Meet the Stans was a 2003 travel documentary, part of the Holidays in the Danger Zone series, produced and broadcast by the BBC, and written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series featured Reeve travelling through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It was broadcast from 3–6 November 2003, on BBC Two.
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Surprised nobody else posted this one - "Meet the Stans" a great four part travel documentary about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtxJN3o5kkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFVcQ7ZxC1o
I once made a little list with many of the documentaries I've seen - browsing through that list; here are my recommendations:
God Grew Tired of Us - about three of the "Lost Boys of Sudan", a group of some 25,000 young men who have fled the wars in Sudan since the 1980s, and their experiences as they move to the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Grew_Tired_of_Us
Darwin's Nightmare - about the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwins_Nightmare
Deliver Us From Evil - tells the true story of Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady, who admitted to having molested and raped approximately 25 children in Northern California between the late 1970s and early 1990s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliver_Us_from_Evil_(2006_film)
Shadow Company - an introduction to the mercenary and private military company industry, concentrating on the role the industry has been playing in recent conflicts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Company
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers - about the ongoing Iraq War and the behavior of companies with no-bid contracts working in Iraq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_for_Sale:_The_War_Profiteers
'Meet the Stans' - a four-part BBC Four series on the stans (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan etc) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Stans
'Places That Don't Exist' - a five-part BBC Four series on breakaway states and unrecognised nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_That_Dont_Exist
War Photographer - As well as telling the story of an iconic man in the field of war photography, the film addresses the broader scope of ideas common to all those involved in war journalism, as well as the issues that they cover. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Photographer
Pretty much all seasons/episodes of Vanguard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_(TV_series) of which ' The Oxycontin Express' is the most famous for winning a Peabody award.
Pretty much all episodes of Vice Guide to Travel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Guide_to_Travel
Many documantaries are available on youtube. Do note though that some of these documentaries discuss horrible topics, aren't fun to watch and will be stuck in your mind for a very long time, if not ever.