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The Life Series

Globalization is bringing the world together — and not always in ways we find comfortable. Whether it's the credit crunch, civil conflicts, soaring food prices or climate change, millions today are living Life on the Edge. Life films their stories as they face up to the dangers, disasters and dilemmas of 21st century Planet Earth.

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The Life Series includes the following titles:

Life 6 - Looking For My Gypsy Roots - imageLife 6 - Looking For My Gypsy Roots

Hungarian film director Arpad faces a dilemma - should he track down his Roma father?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 28 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - No Country For Young Girls? - imageLife 6 - No Country For Young Girls?

A young Indian woman has to choose - stay with a husband who doesn't want female children, or make it on her own.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 27 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Running On Empty - imageRunning On Empty
Highlights the plight of two young mothers - one in South Wales and the other in Northern Ethiopia.
Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 29 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - The Dilemma Of The White Ant - imageLife 6 - The Dilemma Of The White Ant

Dominic Ongwen is both a victim and alleged perpetrator of LRA war crimes. Should he face an international court?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 26 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - The Pied Piper of Eyasi - imageLife 6 - The Pied Piper of Eyasi

The Hadza are among Africa's last hunter-gatherers. Should they follow charismatic Baallow into the modern world?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 24 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - The Prince - imageLife 6 - The Prince

A young Pakistani landowner chooses between trying to implement the MDGs in the village that his family owns, and a quiet life.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 25 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - The Unforgiven - imageLife 6 - The Unforgiven

Should General Butt Naked (nee Joshua Blahyi) — now a Christian pastor — be forgiven for his role in Liberia's horrific civil war?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 27 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 6 - Three Sisters - imageLife 6 - Three Sisters

Eritrea's women fought in the war. Should they now liberate themselves from harmful traditional practices?

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 26 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Life 8 - Biker Boys of the Dirt Island - imageLife 8 - Biker Boys of the Dirt Island

In Nairobi's Korogocho slum, a group of former thieves trying to go straight now provide an informal motorcycle taxi service.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Life 8 - Darkness on the Edge of Town - imageLife 8 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Hungarian filmmaker Arpad Bogdan sets out to discover what's behind the new wave of anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary today.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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