Synopsis
Short film exploring the secret life of a teenager's stuff - relating global consumer and economic issues to their everyday things.
- Programme: The World, My Stuff and Me
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence
Licence: ERA Licence required
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