THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED 6,000 MILES TO ESCAPE THE WEST
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Ben Zand secures unprecedented access to an isolated off-grid commune deep in the Costa Rican jungle to meet those who have completely rejected Western society.
Among them is Tamsin, a British mother who traded the "9-5 grind" for a life in the wild with her son. While the parents revel in their newfound utopia, Ben uncovers a troubling generational divide: a cohort of unschooled, isolated children who actively crave the structure and connection their parents fled.
By pushing further into the extremes—from a total hermit to a "digital nomad" remote worker—Ben forces a tense confrontation with an uncomfortable truth. This investigative documentary explores whether detaching from a "broken" system provides ultimate freedom, or simply creates a new, more restrictive one for the next generation.
Series Director and Presenter BEN ZAND Shooting Digital Journalist BEN MULLEY Editor GABRIEL BAXTER Production Manager GRACE EVANS Junior Digital Journalist FREDDIE NEWMAN Director of Photography BEN LISTER Edit Assistant JOSH LEVETT Team Assistant ELEANOR PHEE Head of Production ADAM MITCHENALL Executive Producers BEN ZAND & JOSH REYNOLDS
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