Bangladeshi boy escapes abuse and surfs his way to a better future | Kids on the Silk Road (3/10)

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Javed, 11, has dropped out of 2nd grade because his teacher was beating him. He has left home because his mum beats him if he does not make money for the family. Javed now lives on the beach and makes a living together with his friend Shahidul by giving people massage. He almost wins a big surf contest and afterwards comes to the conclusion with his best friend and surfing teacher that he will go back to school as long as he can surf in his spare time and maybe win the next competition so he can make a living from being the best surfer of the beach.

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction connecting the East and West. It created curiosity among cultures, for example with tea and silk from China suddenly sold in Venice. The trading may be a thing of the past, but the culture is still there… We chose the Silk Road because we want to show the kids how colorful the world is and to create understanding and curiosity of the different cultures. What if we all had less prejudice and more curiosity? Would the world be more colorful and less hierarchical? Would there be more empathy? Could we in the West try to learn from other cultures?

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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 00:33 - Life is a Beach - Kids on the Silk Road (Bangladesh)
▷ 21:54 - Credits

#documentary #fulldocumentary #bangladesh #surf #surfing #ocean #silkroad

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Original title: Life is a Beach - Kids on the Silk Road (S1/E3)
A film by Jens Pedersen, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont & Camilla Magid
© 2017, Licensed by Autlook

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