A DANGEROUS PLACE TO MEET MY FAMILY
1 x Hour for BBC
Broadcast 9pm BBC3 2011
Observational Documentary
Yemen is a country at the heart of the war on terror, it's the home of Al-Queda in the Arab peninsula one of the most dangerous and prolific organisations practising Islamic militancy. It is also the birthplace of Dean a 21 year old who is returning home to see what has become of the country his family left behind.
Director: Steph Atkinson
Executive Producer: Karen Wightman
Guardian Review:
"You had to go to BBC3 for the evenings best TV, what made the film was Dean through whose eyes we experienced the joy, compassion and terror of his five week trip"