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hello welcome to rewind i'm richelle carey here at al-jazeera english we have built a library of award winning documentaries over the past decade and on rewind we're taking another look at some of the very best of them this week on back to 2010 and al-jazeera follow a heartwarming story of one man's determination to leave the poverty of his west african home in the liberian capital of monrovia risking his life to cross the sahara desert on the back of a pickup truck and the hope of

a better life in the west his name is joseph lama and his drive to make a new life for his family was fraught with setbacks from 2010 here's the extraordinary story of one man's journey from liberia to the shores of america's great lakes this is joseph journey. and we're you. yeah this is a green truck you're here in front of the green jug you can see you. know that just you see that. i see the superstore. now we're on the right we need to. pick. up the pieces.

of a really good. man after 2 years of 1st met joseph blamo while covering a story on illegal immigration. that was a chance encounter 2 years ago little did i know that joseph journey would take him from the sahara desert all the way to new york city. this is the way out of africa the sahara desert begins just outside the town of cows in the northeast of mali. thousands of sub-saharan africans come through here every year many without documents but with enough money to pay for a truck ride across the desert. the smuggling of people is a big business here and we couldn't risk filming in town that's why we're out here in the desert trying to meet up with the travellers already on their way tell.

50 kilometers out of town is where the smuggling route begins we wait until nightfall when most of the pickup trucks leave. traveling on the smugglers route we came across this broken down vehicle with about 20 guys inside all going to algeria and then on to libya and some even to europe. let me. tell you my tire my tire busted while traveling in the desert the passengers know the dangers of traveling in the desert packed into old vehicles. joseph is from liberia this is his 2nd attempt to cross the border. so people even though a better him a present. of migrant yes yes migrants what kind of. know what in him up question ever about what often ina does it want but. somehow

they get the truck running again and it's time to go. tens of thousands make trips just like this one it's dangerous people fall off the back in breakdowns leave entire groups stranded hundreds continue to die a year after year these young men have already come a long way conditions are tough but nothing will stop them after reaching. they will look for transport to either libya or morocco the launching pads for southern europe but for now they still have 400 kilometers of desert in mali on a 27 year old toyota pickup. back in liberia josephs older brother received bad news. just a journey ended when he was caught by the jury in the piece. we don't know how those were real actual migrants. i don't one but i swear i'm concerned with

a very vicious to do with migrants. the authorities took his belongings in abandoned him on the mullein side of the desert border. the family was worried they came together and raised $150.00 us dollars hoping he would come home and call us and it was i knew i would see that. no i but he would see the money but then when he summoned up to come back. to life. mr and mrs blamo were upset with their son and hadn't even told them where he was going and you know what they would. have bought i defended. his rule is that it won't cost to the one i want to build. and we can't be like this let me give you my blessing.

joseph was back but liberia hadn't changed. just it has a computer science certificate from a vocational college but it's not enough for stable employment here they were calling boats at the beach was still the only job available to him and his friends . i'm fed up you don't know and then i doubt. you know. joseph wanted out once again so he took a chance in played what is called the u.s. green card lottery if you win you can live and work in the united states legally. for the next couple. of months. so. the money was long gone. but finally

a glimmer of hope he was randomly selected for a crucial interview at the american embassy here in monrovia it seemed like joseph luck was finally changing. its josephs big morning but it's important for everyone with a job in the u.s. to sift can be a vital life to his father's household of 15 people. that is also what is the atheist who said thank you for all what they do. well i just. i will find out if you will but. again i don't. even. know i'm feeling very far. as i'm numb positive that. i'm in love. with him. to go to.

a few steps away is the american embassy in the interview that could change use of slightly. more than $13000000.00 people from around the world play the lottery each year. but the u.s. government only grants $50000.00 visas. millions of the lottery entries come from places like liberia which was recently torn apart by a vicious civil war. 70 percent of the people here live in poverty. blamo is not the only one trying to leave. what are the chances.

better than he ever could have imagined. they were. doing there not only are we going to see myself getting never to. gamble. walking on to have. so that there's so many to talk. work. a convoy of 3 cars carrying 34 people bring joseph to the airport for

a late night flight. his immediate family staying the closest to him. oh my god man. i don't like that because of the way you were. ever was. going to. i'm. all good. but i'm nobody. it's the start of a new life for joseph blama. he's one of a 1000000 legal immigrants who enter the u.s. each year in new york city is his port of entry. joke.

yes let's hope. we all give those up just for everyone and i welcome your to you all. and i wish all the best kept that in your back you've got to get up and go forward think you can do so. just has a sister he hasn't seen in years who lives in the state of pennsylvania but he wants to test the waters here 1st he had an acquaintance who lives on staten island this is a good bit. from my childhood days i'll smallville watching the news seeing me on the street so i'm very much helping a little famo said. nobody talked to death. but i think doesn't without you i have my sister in pennsylvania. oh good truck.

ok what i'm going to do when i cross or break i'm going to call you by. the time i did this. to us i thought if i mean i know i might if i have to do is good. truck on is also from liberia and they knew each other through a friend back home. well there is the son known as well really the parkhill housing project was also truck on its 1st stop in america that was in 1909 and he's been here ever since.

most if you want to. talk more on the difference in the number of. lives that. he lives here with his 2 sons and his cousin in after the long trip this is where joseph will spend his 1st night in america. yeah. i'm so. glad i.

began to lose it all told. the media. and i missed. the news. is jam packed to capacity it is a cycle is that. the intervening come together. when it will say they don't know what he'll be doing when people seem to say yes there's. a lot of good will not make you are going to vote only so many ways and so we need a lot i mean. that evening truck on take joseph out on the town and. the old. george is the brand 000000000000000000. this is your. most of truculence friends are like therians who have been in the u.s. for years in they still believe they are living the american dream is the 4th of

what there was like. oh my little brother will have to come out of you. i'll go through your you. should. be easy i mean. you know that's my right now making me feel i mean you are going somebody you come to love you're nobody at all and then you make it so you feel like just leave you alone want to marry and you really want to get out so this is parked there was a park hill is bustling with house parties on saturday night. in one of truculence friends is celebrating his birthday was was. the music and faces are familiar but the atmosphere has an edge. to sift is finding it hard to fit in. and he's alarmed when a fist fight breaks out a party. to

see if it isn't in danger but he doesn't want trouble. but my god he. was a good god. was . joseph has seen enough. the next morning joseph is on a greyhound bus. he thinks the liberians he met in new york have lost their focus in news that his sister will provide a more solid foundation for his new life. what joseph doesn't know is that he is heading straight into an economic crisis. erie pennsylvania is in the middle of america's dying manufacturing region. joseph is hoping to find work in

a place where jobs are disappearing. i think he believes that those who don't have to. support the president. he said. you still hear that perfect. job. once again joseph is prepared to take a chance. oh oh. aneta hasn't seen her little brother since she immigrated to the u.s. in 2004. she came here after liberia's civil war as a political refugee from. 'd the u.s. government set her up in erie in her job as a caregiver has provided a good life for her family her children now see more american in liberia and. new

moon is my favorite scene is when the anyone doing it will tear at me she would say and where you she told you she said in the thing that you mean easily you know if you continue to think and they say grazie advice i was. ok on the basis that you know the only thing thank. you. her was that the 4th of july marks america's independence day and then it brings the family to a public picnic and it's josephs 1st real look at middle america and you feel. you look even look at paradise. city streets are early i'll. give you this be easy if. you just don't feel i'm even. thinking about you so far down the aisle can just sit on your ass now i can just

sit. here and speak. enjoy doing a. report on how the little you doing that used to be. he can think about his future tomorrow today is finally content. just as johnny an incredible insight into one my prince pursuit of the american dream that was more than 8 years ago now and i'm sure you're wondering whatever happened to joseph rewind went back recently to area in pennsylvania to find out how life is new dawn for joseph since we last saw. i came to you he tells you to. join in the summertime it was nice 1st came because it was just like africa the well.

it was good. because my sister lives here so i choose you if. you want to go somewhere else where i don't know anybody who was going i thought it was going to be hard for me to get started. at the end of the year we lost our you know what in the winter bought new film not dissimilar. first went off and then this new style fall out was my 1st time to see snow back in africa i only used to see snow on watching movies on t.v. i have no excuse that it was surprising to me that i was the 1st time a little what do we know how or why. and it's not just out of 444 it was so amazing to me joy of a 1st time. our 1st game ah how they're you know look at. things a little bit difficult you know starting point as time progressed to sterling

getting better of both joy of style of working as an immigrant although good food cost. will live the american dream you know and i believe i'm living the american dream because it is better then before you. know how a job can revive see you're still living living good lives living the american dream yes or everything is good good. good thing are how to bring a move. out of mumbai more. thing that's only one of the best thing a bit. of fog died. my mom little was in the house with all the kids things were pulling by. because she stayed a long time will not follow the marvel of 40 years. i only used to talk to on the phone while i really miss and i wanted to see a lot i wanted to come and see it without. you know the how about life experience.

on the other sell the war. to the house well. from our own daughter. my mom. did well up and so says brown least 10 years old and women take their own little 2 of them. is my peachy. isn't there any room. and. this will move. and

there's more room. he must feel that i can make you can do anything that i won't do to see we've got it all in circumstances i'll stick with our coming no we. just come and brawl it comes out just. so that's why i believe. that's why i got only to do it and i was reminded every day while luke up in the morning legs go out with a barber i see you only don't believe. yeah i got it out above my head. joseph is from like area this is the 2nd attempt to cross the border. the 1st degree. murder and of course one of the most so. and i'm doing a book once you do your book. the.

progress that's not. being here you're miracle i'm sitting now settle down. and get a house i've got a job i've got a car. and. the struggle to struggle continues but i leave. a huge distance from bad to now. of course huge histories. that's it for this week and you can find out more about joseph incredible story and watch other films from the series by going to the rewind page on the al-jazeera website but for now until next time the back. they can bring your people back to life i'm sorry what dates on the best of the

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