NHK World Special Programs

"LIFE": JAPAN PRIZE Best Proposal (2020x12)

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The JAPAN PRIZE is an international contest for education media which was established by NHK in 1965. "LIFE" is a 2018 best proposal that was pitched and produced by a producer, Elke Franke who lives in Mexico. Elke got to know that there are increasing number of suicide in Larrainzar, -- one of the poorest indigenous municipalities in southern Mexico. Then she started investigation and completed a 40-minute documentary. It follows youngsters who have organized a hip-hop festival in effort to stop their peers from taking their lives in the face of poverty and discrimination. The show aims to get society in general to think about these impoverished youngsters putting their heart and soul into rapping and dancing.