Escape from Dubai
From DocuWiki
Contents |
[edit] General Information
Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Jane McMullen, published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC This World series in 2018 - English narration
[edit] Cover
[edit] Information
In February 2018, the 32-year-old daughter of the ruler of Dubai boarded a boat and set sail for India with a plan to start a new life in America. But within days her boat was stormed by Indian commandos - she was captured and presumably returned to Dubai. No one has heard from her since. But Princess Latifa had made a video in case she was caught and entrusted it to a lawyer in America. Days later it was released on YouTube. This programme pieces together Princess Latifa's life and reveals how she had been planning the escape for more than seven years. Far from living the charmed life of a princess, she was watched and restricted by her father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The princess claims she had been imprisoned and tortured for a previous attempt to leave. The programme investigates the mystery of her older sister Shamsa, who disappeared from the streets of Cambridge in 2000 after fleeing the family's British mansion in Surrey. And it asks if the image of Dubai we are sold - of winter sunshine and luxury hotels, is actually hiding a brutal dictatorship of human rights abuses - where surveillance, imprisonment and torture are systematic and where tourists can easily be imprisoned for the slightest infringements of their ultra conservative laws.
[edit] Screenshots
[edit] Technical Specs
- Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L3.1
- Video Bitrate: CRF 19 (~2209Kbps)
- Video Resolution: 1280x720
- Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Frame Rate: 25 FPS
- Audio Codec: AAC-LC
- Audio Bitrate: Q=0.45 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
- Audio Channels: 2
- Run-Time: 59 mins
- Number Of Parts: 1
- Part Size: 992 MB
- Source: HDTV
- Encoded by: JungleBoy
[edit] Links
[edit] Further Information
[edit] Release Post
[edit] Related Documentaries
- The Sheikh's Horses
- Killing for Honour
- Burj Khalifa: Dubai's Vertical City
- Dubai
- Dubai Ski Resort
- Ultimate Airport: Dubai
- Dubai - Miracle or Mirage
- Josh Gates after Dark: Dubai
- The Billion Pound Hotel
- Votes for Women
[edit] ed2k Links
BBC.This.World.2018.Escape.from.Dubai.720p.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.mkv (992.29 Mb) Subtitles: [eng]
Categories: Sociopolitical | Jane McMullen | BBC | BBC This World | 2018 | English | Name
Jane McMullen
Language > English
Name
Publisher > BBC
Publisher > BBC > BBC This World
Series
Subject > Sociopolitical
Year > 2018