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Witness

Witness

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Witness

2012- 2012

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

6.2(4 votes)

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Overview

Drug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Follow our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones, see what compels them and experience why, when everyone else seeks cover, the photojournalist stands and moves closer.

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