All Episodes of Breaking Borders
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Season 1
N/A/100 votesMother of All Conflicts
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2015
Mariana and Michael travel to Israel and Palestine to learn how conflict has shaped these nations. They meet people affected by the unrest in Jerusalem, explore the holiest sites and bring settlers together for a meal.
Director: Unknown
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Bloody Saturday in Ireland
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2015
Mariana and Michael head to Northern Ireland to bring Catholics and Protestants together for a meal and conversation. They navigate heated clashes during marching season, sip on Guinness and dine in the Crumlin Road Jail.
Director: Unknown
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Detained in Egypt
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2015
Mariana and Michael visit Egypt to bring guests with rivaling views on the country's future together for a meal and debate. They are confronted by the police, have their passports confiscated and ride camels near the Pyramids.
Director: Unknown
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Tunnel of Hope in Sarajevo
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2015
Mariana and Michael visit Sarajevo to grasp how three groups co-exist after ethnic cleansing wiped out thousands. They walk down Sniper Alley, visit the "Tunnel of Hope," and hear the story of the Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo.
Director: Unknown
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Dying for the American Dream
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2015
Mariana and Michael drive to the US-Mexico border to see a conflict that exists in the country's own backyard. They talk to men who hunt for illegal immigrants and hear stories of migrants trying to cross the border.
Director: Unknown
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Torture in Kashmir
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2015
Mariana and Michael visit the guarded streets of Kashmir to learn about its conflicted existence: to be part of India, Pakistan or its own independent state. Before hosting their dinner, they purchase produce at a floating market.
Director: Unknown
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Gorillas and Growth in Rwanda
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/3/2015
Mariana and Michael travel to Rwanda to revisit the genocide that took place in 1994. They visit the Nyamata Church were 3,000 Tutsis were killed and trek through the mountains to get up-close with the amazing gorillas.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Fields and Dreams in Cambodia
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/2015
After Pol Pot's reign of terror, Mariana & Michael visit a rebuilding Cambodia. They travel to the Killing Fields where millions of citizens were murdered, feed roaming moneys in Angkor, & dine with Pol Pot's assistant.
Director: Unknown
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Lebanon: The Power of Peace
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/24/2015
Mariana and Michael travel to Lebanon to open up the conversation between Hezbollah supporters and nationalist opponents. They tour bullet-riddled Beirut, visit with Syrian refugees and visit Byblos, the oldest city in the world.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Young Tigers in Sri Lanka
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/31/2015
Mariana & Michael fly to Sri Lanka, a country whose bloody civil war lasted from 1983-2009, killing close to 100,000 Buddhists and Hindus. They visit a Tamil orphanage, discuss the need for brutality and spear fish for dinner.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Birth of Democracy in Myanmar
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/7/2015
Mariana and Michael visit Myanmar to see how the newly declared democracy is affecting the citizens after 50 years of silence. They speak with monks and guerrilla leaders, and then they try pig eyeballs.
Director: Unknown
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