Danger Mines! Danger UXO!!

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Every 22 minutes, somewhere, someone in the world is killed or maimed by a landmine. This startling documentary investigates the prevalence of landmines, their devastating effects and how they are still manufactured and planted to this day. In Southeast Asia, Cambodia and Laos were greatly affected by the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 1970s. Consequently, these countries are the two most heavily mined areas in the world, filled with unexploded ordinance (UXO). Follow the fate of an unfortunate Cambodian who lost his legs in a landmine tragedy, and discover the culture of conflict and civilian life in these dangerous areas.