Behind The Scenes Of 'Walk The Line': The Team Who Filmed Chinese Asylum Seekers' Journey To US

A passionate TV crew goes on one of the most ambitious and dangerous shoots of their lives, following groups of Chinese migrants making their journey from Ecuador into America.

To reach the Land of the Free, the crew tails the migrants on a most treacherous journey across South and Central America often full of organised crime and corruption. It also requires them to trek through the ‘most dangerous jungle in the world’, the Darien Gap. In this documentary special, the CNA crew bring to light why the Chinese migrants been driven to such desperation, and if the American Dream is all it’s made out to be.

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00:00 Real dangers while making Walk The Line
02:38 Opening Title
03:15 Why cover this story?
07:31 Learning to stay safe during the shoot
10:09 Preparing for the Darien Gap jungle
13:10 Meeting Chinese migrants for the first time
16:15 Winning over profiles at a guesthouse
19:23 Filming profiles discreetly across the border
21:43 Taken off-course by a public taxi
23:41 Meeting Mum, Dad, and Lucy
25:04 Requesting permission to enter the Darien Gap
27:30 Crew attracts too much attention
29:19 Rapidly changing plans
31:08 Catching up to the family after the Darien Gap
34:49 Crew's ethical considerations
36:08 How we prepared for the interview with the smuggler
38:50 Waiting for the migrants near the border wall
42:55 What has happened to the profiles since then?

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About the show: Tens of thousands of Chinese citizens join the migrant trail to America. What has driven them to such desperation? And is the American Dream all it’s made out to be?
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