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Journalists Rasit Elibol and Jelle Brandt Corstius travel through five Black Sea countries to speak with residents about life in a turbulent border region.

The Black Sea region has long been a turbulent area. In six episodes, journalists Rasit Elibol and Jelle Brandt Corstius travel through Turkey, Georgia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine. They speak with residents about life in this area on Europe's outer border. The series follows the current situation around the Black Sea, where the war between Russia and Ukraine is spreading at sea toward Romania and Bulgaria, both NATO countries. Ships are attacked by drones and international grain trade is disrupted. The sea route is described as the most dangerous in the world. The premiere at LantarenVenster includes a behind-the-scenes look, conversations with people involved at home and abroad, and fragments from the series.

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